degauss
de·gauss
verb
1.
make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)
- “demagnetize the iron shavings”
- “they degaussed the ship”
Origin
From de- + gauss (“unit of magnetic field strength”). A neologism coined by then-Commander Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II.
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