detox

🇺🇸 /ˈdiːtɑːks/ 🇬🇧 /ˈdiːtɒks/
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noun
R

A process where you eat and drink special things to clean harmful substances from your body.

I'm going to start a detox to feel healthier.

R

Treatment to help people stop using alcohol or drugs.

After his detox, he felt much better and ready to start a new life.

verb
R

To help someone stop using alcohol or drugs.

The program aims to detox people addicted to substances.

R

To clean harmful substances from your body by eating and drinking certain things.

She decided to detox by drinking more water and eating healthier food.

translation

n. A process where you eat and drink special things to clean harmful substances from your body.; Treatment to help people stop using alcohol or drugs.
v. To help someone stop using alcohol or drugs.; To clean harmful substances from your body by eating and drinking certain things.

Word Forms

3rd Present detoxes
Progressive detoxing
Past detoxed
Perfect detoxed
Plural detoxes