de-prefix
uk/diː-//dɪ-/us/diː-//dɪ-/used to add the meaning "opposite", "remove", or "reduce" to a noun or verb:
deforestation
the denationalization of the coal industry
Once you've written a computer program, you have to debug (= remove the errors from) it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- confiscate
- cream sth/sb off
- debug
- denude
- depersonalize
- drain
- infringe on/upon sth
- knock
- knock sth out of sb
- nab
- off with sth idiom
- relieve
- shelf
- suck
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep
- take sth out
- tow
- tow-away
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