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Detox is defined as a time when you purify your body of toxins or stop consuming a drug, alcohol or other chemical or substance.

(noun)

An example of detox is a rehab clinic where celebrities go to kick their drug addiction.
An example of detox is the period of withdrawal that you go through as all traces of cocaine leave your system when you have been a regular user and are trying to stop.

To detox is to purify your body of toxins or to stop consuming a drug, alcohol or other chemical or substance.

(verb)

An example of detox is when you give up heroin and go through a period of withdrawal as your body deals with no longer being on the drug.

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See detox in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

detoxify

noun

detoxification
a section of a hospital or clinic for drug or alcohol detoxification

See detox in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb de·toxed, de·tox·ing, de·tox·es

To subject to detoxification.

noun (dēˈtŏksˌ)

A section of a hospital or clinic in which patients are detoxified.

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Origin: Short for detoxify

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