devocalize

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Scrabble points
25
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28
Letters
10

Definition of devocalize

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
    “If we take a high vowel […] and devocalise it, we obtain a hiss […]”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
    “If we take a high vowel […] and devocalise it, we obtain a hiss […]”
  2. (transitive)To reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords.
  3. To remove the vocals of a song with an AI program creating a false instrumental with imperfections (vocal shadows).

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From de- + vocalize.

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