detreat

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Etymology[edit]

de- +‎ treat

Verb[edit]

detreat (third-person singular simple present detreats, present participle detreating, simple past and past participle detreated)

  1. (transitive) To reverse the treatment of.
    • 1993, Commerce Clearing House, Food, drug, cosmetic law reporter:
      The tolerance applied to corn seed that was treated with the pesticide captan as a seed protectant and later detreated by washing or roasting so that the seed could be used as an animal feed.

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