Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun degaussing

1 sense of degaussing

Sense 1
degaussing -- (the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field)
       => demagnetization, demagnetisation -- (the process of removing magnetization)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb degauss

1 sense of degauss

Sense 1
demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss -- (make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")