devocalize
verbEtymology From de- + vocalize.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
- If we take a high vowel […] and devocalise it, we obtain a hiss […]1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics:
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To reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences To remove the vocals of a song with an AI program creating a false instrumental with imperfections (vocal shadows).
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