"degaussing" in the noun sense
1. degaussing
the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field
"degaussing" in the verb sense
1. demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
make nonmagnetic take away the magnetic properties (of
"demagnetize the iron shavings"
"they degaussed the ship"
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