(detoxifies, ~ing, detoxified)
1.
If someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol detoxifies, or if they are detoxified, they undergo treatment which stops them from being addicted.
...drugs which block the affects of heroin use and rapidly ~ addicts...
Queensland heroin users will be able to ~ rapidly on Naltrexone after a two-year clinical trial of the controversial drug begins in Brisbane this week.
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2.
If you ~, or if something detoxifies your body, you do something to remove poisonous or harmful substances from your body.
Many people have made it a rule to ~ once a year...
Seaweed baths can help to ~ the body.
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3.
To ~ a poisonous substance means to change it chemically so that it is no longer poisonous.
Vitamin C helps to ~ pollutants in the body.
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