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deperm

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de⋅perm

  [dee-purm]
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–verb (used with object) Nautical.
to reduce the permanent magnetism of (a vessel) by wrapping an electric cable around it vertically athwartships and energizing the cable.
Compare degauss.

Origin:
1945–50; de- + perm(anent)
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