Meaning & use
Deloused
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Past tense and past participle of "delouse," meaning to remove lice from a person, animal, or place.
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The refugees were deloused and given clean clothing upon arrival at the camp.
The stray dog was bathed and deloused before being put up for adoption.
A note on using this word
The prefix "de-" here means "removal of," combined with "louse," the singular of "lice."
Words with a similar meaning
disinfestedcleaned
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Words with an opposite meaning
infested
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