DECHLORINATE Definition & Meaning

dechlorinate

[ dee-klawr-uh-neyt, -klohr- ]

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Chemistry.

dechlorinated, dechlorinating.

to remove the chlorine from (a substance, as water):
to dechlorinate tap water for use in an aquarium.

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First recorded in 1940–45; de- + chlorinate

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“Over the next two days, a group of very clever team members rigged together a mechanism to dechlorinate water from garden hoses,” Kastner said.

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Also, ways to dechlorinate shower water, which is much better for your skin, your hair, your nails.

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But the way humans treat “waste” now is to call it sewage and chlorinate it, then dechlorinate it with sulfur.

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