"demagnetizing" in the verb sense
1. demagnetize, demagnetise
erase (a magnetic storage device)
2. demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
make nonmagnetic take away the magnetic properties (of
"demagnetize the iron shavings"
"they degaussed the ship"
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