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Etymology

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de- +‎ lethal +‎ -ize

Verb

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delethalize (third-person singular simple present delethalizes, present participle delethalizing, simple past and past participle delethalized)

  1. (transitive) to make not lethal, or less lethal
    • 1959, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Civil Service Commission[1]:
      What was the type of injury sustained by the survivors and by folks who were injured, fatally, in order to delethalize aircraft?

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