to remove menthol from something or to deprive of menthol content; to strip of cooling properties.
From 'de-' (remove) + 'menthol' (from Sanskrit 'mentha,' mint plant) + '-ize' (to make or cause). This is a modern chemical/pharmaceutical term.
This is a technical term from chemistry labs where researchers discovered they could reverse the effects of menthol — it shows how '-ize' lets us turn any noun into an action.
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