denarcotize

verb8

1. •
   To remove the narcotine from.

   • In consequence of the solubility of narcotina, and insolubility of morphia in ether, it is employed to denarcotize opium in preparing it for making denarcotized laudanum. — 1840
2. •
   To deprive (an addict) of a narcotic drug until there is no longer a physical addiction.

   • Each patient must be denarcotized, the toleration must be removed, the habit broken up, and the fear replaced by confidence and hope. — 1918
3. •
   To remove the issue of narcotics from (a relationship)
4. •
   To remove reliance on narcotics from (an organization)
5. •
   To denature; to alter so as to cancel an intoxicating, addictive, or disagreeable effect.

   • A small calabash, filled with baste to denarcotize the smoke, is employed for a mouthpiece, and at times the baste serves a double purpose, as in seasons of scarcity the Dinka remove and chew it. — 1874
6. •
   (figurative) To render ineffective.
7. •
   To administer a stimulant to (a person or animal under the influence of a narcotic) in order to counteract the effects of a narcotic drug.

   • Evipal came into use as a rectal anesthetic a year or so later and it was felt desirable to denarcotize patients at the close of the operation . — 1943
8. •
   (figurative) To waken; to make aware.

   • To emancipate a man you must find something that shall denarcotize the will, that shall wake it up from its false sleep and reinvigorate it . — 1873