disintoxicate

/ˌdɪsɪnˈtɑksɪkeɪt/
verb
  1. To remove poison or harmful substances from something; to detoxify.
    • The clinic helps patients disintoxicate their bodies after years of substance abuse.
    • After the chemical spill, workers had to disintoxicate the soil before it was safe to plant crops.
    • Special filters are used to disintoxicate the water supply in the village.
  2. To free someone from the influence of a harmful or addictive substance, such as alcohol or drugs.
    • The program aims to disintoxicate young people who have become dependent on opioids.
    • The center provides a safe environment to disintoxicate patients under medical supervision.
    • It took months of therapy to fully disintoxicate him from his addiction to sleeping pills.
  3. To rid a person or group of harmful ideas, influences, or habits (figurative use).
    • It is difficult to disintoxicate a society from years of propaganda.
    • The teacher tried to disintoxicate her students from the false information they had learned online.
    • He needed to disintoxicate his mind from the constant negativity of social media.
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