DEMAGNETIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demagnetize mean? 

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

1. erase (a magnetic storage device)

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

  Familiarity information: DEMAGNETIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMAGNETIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they demagnetize    ... he / she / it demagnetizes   
Past simple: demagnetized   
Past participle: demagnetized   
-ing form: demagnetizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Erase (a magnetic storage device)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

demagnetise; demagnetize

Hypernyms (to "demagnetize" 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 "demagnetize" 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:

magnetize (make magnetic)

Derivation:

demagnetization (the process of removing magnetization)

 Context examples 

As it turns, the demagnetized spot regains its magnetization and a new spot is illuminated and demagnetized, causing the engine to continuously rotate.

(New Materials Developed by Scientists Able to Move in Response to Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Placed near a permanent magnet, when a laser was focused onto a fixed spot on the ring, it locally demagnetizes that portion of the ring, creating an unbalanced net force that causes the ring to turn.

(New Materials Developed by Scientists Able to Move in Response to Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)