The loss or removal of all or part of the original semantic content (meaning) of a word or morpheme, sometimes (but not always) as part of grammaticalization.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desemanticize

present participle of desemanticize

simple past tense and past participle of desemanticize

To remove semantic content from; (especially) to cause to undergo desemanticization. / (rare) To lose semantic content; to undergo desemanticization.