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chlorinize

chlorinize verb: to chlorinate.

Verb

chlorinize (third-person singular simple present chlorinizes, present participle chlorinizing, simple past and past participle chlorinized)

  1. (transitive) To chlorinate.

Forms of chlorinize

third-person singular presentchlorinizes
present participlechlorinizing
past participlechlorinized
pastchlorinized
alternative formchlorinise

Origin of chlorinize

From chlorine + -ize.

Questions about chlorinize

What does chlorinize mean?
Chlorinize means to chlorinate.
What part of speech is chlorinize?
Chlorinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of chlorinize?
The past tense of chlorinize is chlorinized.

Words near chlorinize in the dictionary

  1. chlorinised
  2. chlorinises
  3. chlorinising
  4. chlorinities
  5. chlorinity
  6. chlorinize
  7. chlorinized
  8. chlorinizes
  9. chlorinizing
  10. chlorinolyses
  11. chlorinolysis

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