"debrine" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: debrines [present, singular, third-person], debrining [participle, present], debrined [participle, past], debrined [past]
Etymology: de- + brine Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|brine}} de- + brine Head templates: {{en-verb}} debrine (third-person singular simple present debrines, present participle debrining, simple past and past participle debrined)
  1. (transitive) To remove a brine or saturated salt solution from. Tags: transitive Synonyms: desalinate
    Sense id: en-debrine-en-verb-~joGe233 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1994, Charles A. Hodge., Pollution Control in Fertilizer Production., page 350",
          "text": "Some potash operators have expirimented with portable cyclones to debrine the slurry on top of the tails pile.",
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        "(transitive) To remove a brine or saturated salt solution from."
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