"desalinate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /diːˈsælɪneɪt/ [UK] Forms: desalinates [present, singular, third-person], desalinating [participle, present], desalinated [participle, past], desalinated [past]
Etymology: de- + salinate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|salinate}} de- + salinate Head templates: {{en-verb}} desalinate (third-person singular simple present desalinates, present participle desalinating, simple past and past participle desalinated)
  1. To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply Related terms: desalination Translations (remove the salt from something): duzsuzlaşdırmaq (Azerbaijani), dessalar (Catalan), dessalinitzar (Catalan), afsalte (Danish), poistaa suola (Finnish), desalinoida (Finnish), desalgar (Galician), αφαλατώνω (afalatóno) (Greek), ξαρμυρίζω (xarmyrízo) (Greek), dessalizar (Ido), desalinizzare (Italian), avsalte (Norwegian Bokmål), odsalać [imperfective] (Polish), odsolić [perfective] (Polish), desaliniza (Romanian), odsoliti (Serbo-Croatian), desalar (Spanish), desalinizar (Spanish), dissaler (Walloon)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
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