verb
- Erase (a magnetic storage device.
- synonyms: demagnetise
- Make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of. )
- usage: "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship"
- synonyms: demagnetise, degauss
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