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DESALINIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desalinize mean?
• DESALINIZE (verb)
The verb DESALINIZE has 1 sense:
1. remove salt from
Familiarity information: DESALINIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they desalinize ... he / she / it desalinizes
Past simple: desalinized
Past participle: desalinized
-ing form: desalinizing
... he / she / it desalinizes Past simple: desalinized
Past participle: desalinized
-ing form: desalinizing
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 "desalinize" 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:
desalinization (the removal of salt (especially from sea water))
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