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Chlorinate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Chlorinate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

treat or combine with chlorine

"chlorinated water"

2

disinfect with chlorine

"chlorinate a pool"

3

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

See Also
chlorination halogenate chlorinates hyperchlorination auriferous chlorinize chlorine chlorinated
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
process disinfect
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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