To remove chemical substances, treatments, or properties from something.
From de- (to remove, reverse) + chemicalize (to treat with or convert to chemicals). The -ize suffix creates a verb from the noun chemical.
Environmental scientists talk about 'dechemicalizing' rivers polluted by industrial runoff, but the word is technical jargon that most people wouldn't recognize—it's vocabulary for specialists that hasn't crossed into general English.
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