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defluorinated

UK/diːˈflɔːɹɪneɪtəd/

defluorinated is the simple past and past participle 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.

Adjective

defluorinated (comparative more defluorinated, superlative most defluorinated)

  1. From which fluorine (or fluoride) has been removed

Forms of defluorinated

comparativemore defluorinated
superlativemost defluorinated

Words formed from defluorinated

Questions about defluorinated

What does defluorinated mean?
Defluorinated means from which fluorine (or fluoride) has been removed.
What is defluorinated the simple past and past participle of?
Defluorinated is the simple past and past participle of defluorinate.
What part of speech is defluorinated?
Defluorinated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce defluorinated?
Defluorinated is pronounced /diːˈflɔːɹɪneɪtəd/ (UK).

Words near defluorinated in the dictionary

  1. defluidize
  2. defluoridated
  3. defluoridation
  4. defluoridations
  5. defluorinate
  6. defluorinated
  7. defluorinates
  8. defluorinating
  9. defluorination
  10. defluorinative
  11. defluous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: defluorinated (page history and authors); defluorinate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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