demagnetize

Other forms of demagnetize

past tense

demagnetized·

present participle

demagnetizing·

third person

demagnetizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about demagnetize

What does demagnetize mean?

demagnetize means "erase (a magnetic storage device)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in demagnetize?

demagnetize has 4 syllables: de-mag-ne-tize. The stress falls on "mag".

What is another word for demagnetize?

Close synonyms include demagnetise, demagnetise, degauss. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of demagnetize?

The recorded antonyms are magnetize.

Is demagnetize a common word?

demagnetize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.