The process of removing electric charge or electrical properties from something; the opposite of electrification.
From dis- (opposite/remove) + electrification (from electricity + -fication making it happen). A technical term from physics and engineering describing the reversal of electrification.
When lightning strikes, it causes temporary diselectrification of clouds—the electrical charge that built up suddenly neutralizes, which is why lightning channels create such violent shock waves through the air.
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