denicotinize

transitive verb

de·​nicotinize

variants or less commonly denicotine

(¦)dē,

də̇+

-ed/-ing/-s

: to remove part of the nicotine from (tobacco)

Word History

Etymology

denicotinize from de- + nicotine + -ize; denicotine from de- + nicotine (noun)

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