delouse
/diˈlaʊs/
verb
- To remove lice or other small parasites from someone or something.
- We need to delouse the dog with a special shampoo.
- The nurse had to delouse the children after they came back from camp.
- The shelter staff delouse all new animals before they meet the others.
- To clean or remove unwanted things from something, especially in a thorough way.
- She spent the weekend delousing her closet of old clothes.
- The editor deloused the manuscript of all spelling errors.
- The IT team had to delouse the computer system of malware.
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