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to denarcotize

to denarcotize

9.2
To remove illegal drugs from a place or system using police and laws
  • verb
  • /dɪˈnɑrkəˌtaɪz/
  • NSFW
translation icon : desnarcotizar
  • The government implemented strict regulations to denarcotize the local markets and reduce drug trafficking.

Examples

  • Plan Colombia dominated both the drug and anti-subversive agendas, but failed to denarcotize U.S.-Colombia relations or solve human rights problems, as we shall see further on.

    Academic text (2003)

  • By so doing, it has served to denarcotize the Catholic Church's political role.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Efforts to denarcotize the city's nightlife included closing clubs known for drug-related activities.

  • Community programs aim to denarcotize neighborhoods by promoting education and access to resources.

Antonyms

to narcotize
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1 9.5

To give someone a drug that makes them very sleepy or unconscious

How Drug-Free

to eradicate
85 6.6
to denarcotize
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9.2
to reduce
162 2.1
curb
22 4.0
to control
∞ 2.4

Surface Forms

denarcotize infinitive
denarcotized past
denarcotized past participle
denarcotizing present participle
denarcotizes third person singular

Morphology

denarcotize = narcotize (semi-transparent) = de + narcot + ize

The prefix 'de-' clearly signals removal or reversal, but applying 'narcotize' to a place, market, or system is an abstract policy extension rather than a literal direct opposite.

Etymology

The word denarcotize puts de- ('remove') before narcotic, a word from Greek meaning 'numbness' or 'sleep'. So to denarcotize a city or system is to remove or reduce the presence and power of drugs there.