de·vi·tal·ize
or Brit de*vi*tal*ise vt, -ized or Brit -ised -iz*ing or Brit -is*ing : to deprive of life or vitality: as a : to refine (as foodstuffs) to the point that essential or desirable constituents are lost <the processor who s our food and then restores a part of what has been thrown away> b : to subject (a tooth or its pulp) to devitalization .
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