detransitivize
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Verb | 1. | detransitivize - intransitivize; "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" transitivise, transitivize - make transitive; "adding `out' to many verbs transitivizes them" |
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