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DESALINATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they desalinate ... he / she / it desalinates
Past simple: desalinated
Past participle: desalinated
-ing form: desalinating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove salt from
Example:
desalinate water
Synonyms:
desalinate; desalinise; desalinize; desalt
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "desalinate" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
salinate (add salt to)
Derivation:
desalination (the removal of salt (especially from sea water))
