degauss
verb
de·gauss (ˌ)dē-ˈgau̇s 
degaussed; degaussing; degausses
transitive verb
: to remove or neutralize the magnetic field of
degauss a ship
degauss a magnetic tape
degausser noun
Word History
Etymology
de- + gauss, after Karl F. Gauss
First Known Use
circa 1940, in the meaning defined above
- cloth house
- cloth measure
- cloth of gold
- cloth of silver
- cloth of state
- cloth oil
- cloth plate
- Cloth Red B
- Cloth Scarlet G
- cloth wheel
- cloth yard
- cloth-of-gold cone
- clothbound
- clothe
- clothed
- clothes
- clothes basket
- clothes closet
- clothes hanger
- clothes louse
- clothes maid
- clothes maiden
- clothes moth
- clothes press
- clothes presses