From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdetoxde‧tox1 /ˈdiːtɒks $ -tɑːks/ noun [uncountable] informal 1 MDDMHspecial treatment to help people stop drinking alcohol or taking drugs SYN rehabin detox She spent a month in detox.2 when you do not eat solid food or only drink special liquids for a period of time, which is thought to remove harmful substances from your body
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detox• Next month, an organizer from a local detox center will be speaking.• But I ain't going into no detox clinic, swigging bloody methadone.• But because of a subtle change in the structure of aldehyde dehydrogenase, this second detox step is blocked in some people.• Neither of us has been through detox even once.in detox• She spent a month in detox.detoxdetox2 verb [intransitive] informal 1 if someone detoxes, they are given special treatment at a hospital to help them stop drinking alcohol or taking drugs2 to not eat solid food or only drink special liquids for a period of time, which is thought to remove harmful substances from your body→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
detox• Dare to detox and downsize your dress!• The doctors at the varIous emergency rooms suggested that he detox himself by lowering the dosage over a period of two weeks.Origin detox (1900-2000) detoxification 