delouse

delouse

English

Etymology

de- +‎ louse

Verb

delouse (third-person singular simple present delouses, present participle delousing, simple past and past participle deloused)

1. To remove lice from.

   A veterinarian could delouse your dog.

2. To apply insecticides or insect repellents to, in order to be sure that no lice or other parasites are present.

   During the Korean Conflict, American soldiers were deloused with DDT upon entering basic training.

3. (computing, transitive) To remove malicious software, such as viruses, trojans, spyware, or worms, from.

   A deloused computer may still be considered no longer trustworthy.

Translations

to remove lice from

Armenian: քթվել (hy) (kʿtʿvel) Aromanian: dispiducljedz Bikol Central: hinguto Cebuano: hinguto Chinese: Mandarin: 驅除蝨子／驱除虱子 (qūchú shīzi) Dutch: ontluizen (nl) Finnish: poistaa täistä, puhdistaa täistä French: épouiller (fr) Galician: catar os piollos German: entlausen (de) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Italian: spidocchiare Latin: pediculo Norwegian: Bokmål: avluse Nynorsk: avlusa Portuguese: despiolhar, espiolhar Romanian: despăduchea (ro), păduchea (ro) Russian: вычёсывать вшей (vyčósyvatʹ všej) Spanish: despiojar (es), espulgar (es) Tagalog: hinguthan, hingutuhan Walloon: dispûsler (wa), spûyter

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Kannada: (please verify) ಸೀರು (kn) (sīru), (please verify) ಈರು (kn) (īru)

See also

• demouse