delouse

English

Etymology

de- +‎ louse

Verb

delouse (third-person singular simple present delous, present participle ing, simple past and past participle deloused)

1. To remove lice from.

   A veterinarian could delouse your dog.

2. To apply insecticides or insect repellents to, in order to be sure that no lice or other parasites are present.

   During the Korean Conflict, American soldiers were deloused with DDT upon entering basic training.

3. (computing) to remove malicious software, such as viruses, trojans, spyware, or worms, from.

   A deloused computer may still be considered no longer trustworthy.

Translations

to remove lice from

• Aromanian: dispiducljedz
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驅除蝨子／驱除虱子, 驱除虱子 (qūchú shīzi)

• Dutch: ontluizen (nl)
• French: épouiller (fr)
• Galician: catar os piollos
• German: entlausen (de)
• Italian: spidocchiare
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• Latin: pediculo
• Portuguese: despiolhar, espiolhar
• Romanian: despăduchea (ro), păduchea (ro)
• Spanish: despiojar (es), espulgar (es)
• Tagalog: hinguthan, hingutuhan
• Walloon: dispûsler (wa), spûyter

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• Kannada: ^{(please verify)} ಸೀರು (kn) (sīru), ^{(please verify)} ಈರು (kn) (īru)
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See also

• demouse