remove toxic substances from:the process uses chemical reagents to detoxify the oil
abstain or help to abstain from drink and drugs until the bloodstream is free of toxins, in order to overcome alcoholism or drug addiction: [no object]:if they are not able to detoxify in their normal environment then they will never come off drugs [with object]:he was twice detoxified from heroin
[no object] become free of harmful substances:you can help your body detoxify by cutting down on coffee
Derivatives
detoxifier
noun
Origin:
early 20th century: from de- (expressing removal) + Latin toxicum 'poison' + -fy
detoxify in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of detoxify in the US English dictionary
