debaptize verb2 •To undo the baptism of.New street names cannot cause confusion with existing streets, nor is it any longer permitted to debaptize parts of streets in order to give them new names […] — 1999 •To rename or to remove a name from.Fargue had persuaded Jarry to ‘debaptize’ him from the more explicit original title, Caméleo, ‘Leo’ being too obviously related to ‘Léon’. — 2010 formsdebaptized · debaptizing · debaptizes