Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb detransitivise
1 sense of detransitivise
Sense 1
detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise -- (intransitivize; "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs")
=> 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")