Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to degauss
Participle: degaussed
Gerund: degaussing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | degauss |
| you | degauss |
| he;she;it | degausses |
| we | degauss |
| you | degauss |
| they | degauss |
Perfect
| I | have degaussed |
| you | have degaussed |
| he;she;it | has degaussed |
| we | have degaussed |
| you | have degaussed |
| they | have degaussed |
Past
| I | degaussed |
| you | degaussed |
| he;she;it | degaussed |
| we | degaussed |
| you | degaussed |
| they | degaussed |
Pluperfect
| I | had degaussed |
| you | had degaussed |
| he;she;it | had degaussed |
| we | had degaussed |
| you | had degaussed |
| they | had degaussed |
Future
| I | will degauss |
| you | will degauss |
| he;she;it | will degauss |
| we | will degauss |
| you | will degauss |
| they | will degauss |
Future Perfect
| I | will have degaussed |
| you | will have degaussed |
| he;she;it | will have degaussed |
| we | will have degaussed |
| you | will have degaussed |
| they | will have degaussed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | degauss |
| you | degauss |
| he;she;it | degauss |
| we | degauss |
| you | degauss |
| they | degauss |
Perfect
| I | have degaussed |
| you | have degaussed |
| he;she;it | have degaussed |
| we | have degaussed |
| you | have degaussed |
| they | have degaussed |
Imperfect
| I | degaussed |
| you | degaussed |
| he;she;it | degaussed |
| we | degaussed |
| you | degaussed |
| they | degaussed |
Pluperfect
| I | had degaussed |
| you | had degaussed |
| he;she;it | had degaussed |
| we | had degaussed |
| you | had degaussed |
| they | had degaussed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would degauss |
| you | would degauss |
| he;she;it | would degauss |
| we | would degauss |
| you | would degauss |
| they | would degauss |
Perfect
| I | would have degaussed |
| you | would have degaussed |
| he;she;it | would have degaussed |
| we | would have degaussed |
| you | would have degaussed |
| they | would have degaussed |
Imperative
| you | degauss |
| we | Let's degauss |
| you | degauss |
Verbs conjugated like 'degauss'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'degauss'
deass,
degust,
begaud,
begaum,
dass,
de-ess,
deash,
debase,
debauch,
deboss,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From de- + gauss (“unit of magnetic field strength”). A neologism coined by then-Commander Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II.
Sample Sentences
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Despite sustaining some damage from air attacks, it was used as a mooring point for large landing crafts with a deep draught in the lead-up to the D-Day landings, and later for the purpose of degaussing vessels. [2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 59:]