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Chlorinate

Chlo′rin-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chlorinated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Chlorinating
.]
(Chem.)
To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.

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chlorinate

chlorinate

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chlorinate (third-person singular simple present chlorinates, present participle chlorinating, simple past and past participle chlorinated)

  1. (transitive, chemistry) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).

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