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magnetize

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mag‧net‧ize also magnetise British English [transitive]
1HPE to make iron or steel able to pull other pieces of metal towards itself
2 to have a powerful effect on people so that they feel strongly attracted to you:
His dark flashing eyes seemed to magnetize her.
—magnetization noun [uncountable]
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