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devocalize

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de⋅vo⋅cal⋅ize

  [dee-voh-kuh-lahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing. Phonetics.
1. to devoice.
2. to convert (a speech sound) from a vowel to a glide.
Also, especially British, de⋅vo⋅cal⋅ise.

Origin:
1875–80; de- + vocalize

Related forms:
de⋅vo⋅cal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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de·vo·cal·ize   (dē-vō'kə-līz')   
tr.v.   de·vo·cal·ized, de·vo·cal·iz·ing, de·vo·cal·iz·es
To devoice.
de·vo'cal·i·za'tion (-kə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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