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defluorinates

defluorinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

Questions about defluorinates

What is defluorinates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Defluorinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defluorinate.

Words near defluorinates in the dictionary

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

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