devocalize

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verb

To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.

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Meanings

verbdevocalize (third-person singular simple present devocalizes, present participle devocalizing, simple past and past participle devocalized)

present singular third person devocalizes · participle present devocalizing · participle past devocalized · past devocalized

  1. transitivehuman sciencesTo make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.

    If we take a high vowel […] and devocalise it, we obtain a hiss […]

    1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics
  2. transitiveTo reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords.

    Synonyms: debark, disbark

  3. computingTo remove the vocals of a song with an AI program creating a false instrumental with imperfections (vocal shadows).

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords.

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debarkdisbark

Origin

From de- + vocalize.

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APA

devocalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devocalize

MLA

“devocalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devocalize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “devocalize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devocalize.

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