delouse
verb
de·louse (ˌ)dē-ˈlau̇s 
-ˈlau̇z
deloused; delousing; delouses
transitive verb
: to remove lice from
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web He was fingerprinted, photographed, made to strip and told to brace himself for a tub of delousing liquid. 
Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2019 Taking the opposing view is Alexios Mantzarlis, the head of the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute, who is working with Facebook to delouse the News Feed of falsehoods. Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 10 May 2018 If Lice Busters is the Old Navy of delousing, Licenders is the J. Crew. Amy Sohn, New York Times, 8 June 2017 The Mars Volta: Deloused in the Comatorium (2003), Frances the Mute (2005), Amputechture (2006), The Bedlam in Goliath (2008), Octahedron (2009) Scott Thill, WIRED, 24 Dec. 2009
Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2019 Taking the opposing view is Alexios Mantzarlis, the head of the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute, who is working with Facebook to delouse the News Feed of falsehoods. Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 10 May 2018 If Lice Busters is the Old Navy of delousing, Licenders is the J. Crew. Amy Sohn, New York Times, 8 June 2017 The Mars Volta: Deloused in the Comatorium (2003), Frances the Mute (2005), Amputechture (2006), The Bedlam in Goliath (2008), Octahedron (2009) Scott Thill, WIRED, 24 Dec. 2009 Word History
First Known Use
circa 1919, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
delouse
transitive verb
de·louse (ˈ)dē-ˈlau̇s -ˈlau̇z
-ˈlau̇z deloused; delousing
: to remove lice from
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