DESALINISE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does desalinise mean?

• DESALINISE (verb)
The verb DESALINISE has 1 sense:

1. remove salt from

Familiarity information: DESALINISE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DESALINISE (verb)

Conjugation:

Present simple: I / you / we / they desalinise

... he / she / it desalinises

Past simple: desalinised

Past participle: desalinised

-ing form: desalinising

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove salt from

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

desalinate; desalinise; desalinize; desalt

Context example:

desalinate water

Hypernyms (to "desalinise" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

desalinisation (the removal of salt (especially from sea water))

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