devoice

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

de- +‎ voice

Verb [edit]

devoice (third-person singular simple present devoices, present participle devoicing, simple past and past participle devoiced) (transitive)

  1. (phonetics, linguistics) To pronounce a word with little movement of the vocal chords
  2. (Internet) To remove the voice flag from a user on IRC, preventing them from sending messages to the channel.