detoxify

1. (transitive) To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.Examples: "As a result of this, in some way or other, unknown to us, a diminished power of oxidation results and the organism loses the power to detoxify substances absorbed from the intestine which have been present there in excess; […]"; "The severe disciplinary action taken by his daughter—who since taking over the FN in 2011 has led a drive to “detoxify” the party and move it away from the racist, jackbooted, antisemitic imagery of the past—was supposed to silence her father."transitive

2. (transitive) To make something that is harmful more benign.Examples: "We can either break as a nation or find a way to detoxify our politics."transitive