demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
(verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); “demagnetize the iron shavings”; “they degaussed the ship”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
degauss (third-person singular simple present degausses, present participle degaussing, simple past and past participle degaussed)
(transitive) To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.).
Synonym: demagnetise
• (to reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from a ship): deperm
degauss (plural degausses)
The act by which something is degaussed.
• (act of degaussing a ship): deperm
• susegad
Source: Wiktionary
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
