Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to detoxify
Participle: detoxified
Gerund: detoxifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | detoxify |
| you | detoxify |
| he;she;it | detoxifies |
| we | detoxify |
| you | detoxify |
| they | detoxify |
Perfect
| I | have detoxified |
| you | have detoxified |
| he;she;it | has detoxified |
| we | have detoxified |
| you | have detoxified |
| they | have detoxified |
Past
| I | detoxified |
| you | detoxified |
| he;she;it | detoxified |
| we | detoxified |
| you | detoxified |
| they | detoxified |
Pluperfect
| I | had detoxified |
| you | had detoxified |
| he;she;it | had detoxified |
| we | had detoxified |
| you | had detoxified |
| they | had detoxified |
Future
| I | will detoxify |
| you | will detoxify |
| he;she;it | will detoxify |
| we | will detoxify |
| you | will detoxify |
| they | will detoxify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have detoxified |
| you | will have detoxified |
| he;she;it | will have detoxified |
| we | will have detoxified |
| you | will have detoxified |
| they | will have detoxified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | detoxify |
| you | detoxify |
| he;she;it | detoxify |
| we | detoxify |
| you | detoxify |
| they | detoxify |
Perfect
| I | have detoxified |
| you | have detoxified |
| he;she;it | have detoxified |
| we | have detoxified |
| you | have detoxified |
| they | have detoxified |
Imperfect
| I | detoxified |
| you | detoxified |
| he;she;it | detoxified |
| we | detoxified |
| you | detoxified |
| they | detoxified |
Pluperfect
| I | had detoxified |
| you | had detoxified |
| he;she;it | had detoxified |
| we | had detoxified |
| you | had detoxified |
| they | had detoxified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would detoxify |
| you | would detoxify |
| he;she;it | would detoxify |
| we | would detoxify |
| you | would detoxify |
| they | would detoxify |
Perfect
| I | would have detoxified |
| you | would have detoxified |
| he;she;it | would have detoxified |
| we | would have detoxified |
| you | would have detoxified |
| they | would have detoxified |
Imperative
| you | detoxify |
| we | Let's detoxify |
| you | detoxify |
Verbs conjugated like 'detoxify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'detoxify'
de-toxify,
decodify,
demonify,
demorify,
denotify,
dexify,
toxify,
degasify,
degelify,
deify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Attested since 1905 (twelve years earlier than toxify), from de- + tox- + -ify. (Detoxicate is attested one year earlier, since 1904.)
Sample Sentences
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As a result of this, in some way or other, unknown to us, a diminished power of oxidation results and the organism loses the power to detoxify substances absorbed from the intestine which have been present there in excess; […] [1907, John Howland, “Some possible etiological factors in the recurrent vomiting of children”, in Transactions of the American Pediatric Society, volume 18, page 295:]
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The severe disciplinary action taken by his daughter—who since taking over the FN in 2011 has led a drive to “detoxify” the party and move it away from the racist, jackbooted, antisemitic imagery of the past—was supposed to silence her father. [2015 May 5, Angelique Chrisafis, “Front National family feud goes nuclear as Jean-Marie Le Pen disowns Marine”, in The Guardian:]
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We can either break as a nation or find a way to detoxify our politics. [2023, Ronnie Janoff-Bulman, The Two Moralities: Conservatives, Liberals, and the Roots of Our Political Divide, page 2:]