Definition of "degauss" []

• To neutralize the magnetic field of (a ship, for example). (verb-transitive)
• To erase information from (a magnetic disk or other storage device). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Computer monitors When you press "degauss" on your monitor, what does it do and how does it work?"
• "Rodda speculated that more sophisticated gear using high frequencies to "degauss" a croc's magnetic sensors - a process similar to erasing a music tape - could be more effective, but said magnets also could do the job."
• "Olbermann is the next Ed Murrow, I predicted, the way the idea-impaired CBS News brainiacs could degauss themselves of all past mistakes"