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DEMYSTIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: demystified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make less mysterious or remove the mystery from

Example:

let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "demystify" is one way to...):

clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

mystify (make mysterious)

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