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de-fluorinate

de-fluorinate is the alternative spelling of defluorinate.

Meaning of defluorinate

Verb

defluorinate (third-person singular simple present defluorinates, present participle defluorinating, simple past and past participle defluorinated)

  1. to remove or reduce fluorine or fluoride
    • Attempts to fuse and defluorinate rock phosphate by feeding the finely ground material into the flame of a blast lamp were not successful.

Forms of de-fluorinate

third-person singular presentde-fluorinates
present participlede-fluorinating
past participlede-fluorinated
pastde-fluorinated

Questions about de-fluorinate

What is de-fluorinate the alternative spelling of?
De-fluorinate is the alternative spelling of defluorinate.

Words near de-fluorinate in the dictionary

  1. de-extinctioned
  2. de-extinctions
  3. de-extincts
  4. de-extremization
  5. de-facto
  6. de-fluorinate
  7. de-fluorinated
  8. de-fluorinates
  9. de-fluorinating
  10. de-gay
  11. de-gayed

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