detox

plural detoxes

1. countableuncountableDetoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or addictive drugs.
2. countableuncountableA detoxification unit.

present singular third person detoxes · participle present detoxing · participle past detoxed · past detoxed

1. ambitransitiveTo detoxify, especially from alcohol or recreational drugs.

   "This is like the detox week, and detox sucks. It doesn't matter what you're detoxing from—it's a bad situation. It's going to be really hard."

   2018, Katherine Reynolds Lewis, The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever — And What to Do About It, page 85

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   My grandmother said being organized led to success, so I set out to turn our fridge into a liquid dieter's paradise. First was detoxing the kitchen. I tossed out everything that would lead to temptation, like the leftover candy from Halloween, as well as everything that was expired and rotten.

   2015, Dawn Lerman, My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, with Recipes