delouse
Verb
Verb Forms: deloused, delousing, delouses
- To remove lice or other parasitic insects from someone or something.
- free of lice
- "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps"
- To remove lice from.
- To apply insecticides or insect repellents to, in order to be sure that no lice or other parasites are present.
- To remove malicious software, such as viruses, trojans, spyware, or worms, from.
Examples
- A deloused computer may still be considered no longer trustworthy.
- A veterinarian could delouse your dog.
- During the Korean Conflict, American soldiers were deloused with DDT upon entering basic training.
- Sometimes you need to DELOUSE your word list, removing outdated or invalid entries.
Origin / Etymology
From de- + louse.
Scrabble Score: 8
delouse: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddelouse: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
delouse: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
delouse: valid Words With Friends Word