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Devoice

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soundnounA sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
vocalizeverbTo express with the voice, to utter.
voicenounSound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.

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unvoiceverb(transitive, linguistics) devoice
devocaliseverbAlternative form of devocalize. [(transitive, phonetics) To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.]
devocalizeverb(transitive, phonetics) To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
deglottalizeverb(transitive, phonology) To change the pronunciation of, so that it is no longer glottal.
undervoicenounA low or quiet voice.
delabializeverb(transitive, phonetics, phonology) To make into a non-labial sound.
diphthongizenoun(intransitive, phonetics) To become a diphthong.
deaspirateverb(transitive, phonetics) To change the pronunciation of a consonant so that it is no longer aspirated.
deaffricateverb(phonetics, intransitive) To undergo deaffrication.
diphthongiseverbAlternative spelling of diphthongize. [(transitive, phonetics) To change to a diphthong, as by inserting or removing a vowel.]
deverbaliseverbAlternative spelling of deverbalize. [(transitive) To make non-verbal; to strip of words.]
deverbalizeverb(transitive) To make non-verbal; to strip of words.
de-essverb(transitive) to reduce the loudness of sibilants in an audio recording
monophthongizeverb(intransitive, phonetics) To become a monophthong.
debleatverb(transitive) To devocalize (a goat).
assibilateverb(linguistics, phonetics) To change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.
undeafverb(transitive, nonce word) To free from deafness.
retractverb(transitive) To pull (something) back or back inside.
depalatalizeverb(phonetics, transitive) To modify (a sound) so that it is no longer palatal or phonetically palatalized.
denasalizeverb(transitive, phonetics) To remove the nasal airflow of what is usually a nasal stop or nasal vowel.

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