The process of removing life force, energy, or vigor from something, making it less lively or effective.
From de- (removal) + vitalis (Latin for living, from vita meaning life) + -isation (noun suffix). This is the British English spelling of the process.
Dentists use this term constantly—devitalisation is what they do when they kill the nerve in a tooth during a root canal procedure, removing the living tissue inside.
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