DEMAGNETISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demagnetise mean? 

• DEMAGNETISE (verb)
  The verb DEMAGNETISE has 2 senses:

1. erase (a magnetic storage device)

2. make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)

  Familiarity information: DEMAGNETISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMAGNETISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they demagnetise    ... he / she / it demagnetises   
Past simple: demagnetised   
Past participle: demagnetised   
-ing form: demagnetising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Erase (a magnetic storage device)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

demagnetise; demagnetize

Hypernyms (to "demagnetise" is one way to...):

delete; erase (wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

degauss; demagnetise; demagnetize

Context example:

they degaussed the ship

Hypernyms (to "demagnetise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

magnetise (make magnetic)

Derivation:

demagnetisation (the process of removing magnetization)