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denitrifying

denitrifying is the present participle and gerund of denitrify.

Meaning of denitrify

Verb

denitrify (third-person singular simple present denitrifies, present participle denitrifying, simple past and past participle denitrified)

  1. (transitive) To remove nitrogen, often through the breakdown of nitrogenous compounds and the release of nitrogen gas.

Words formed from denitrifying

Questions about denitrifying

What is denitrifying the present participle and gerund of?
Denitrifying is the present participle and gerund of denitrify.

Words near denitrifying in the dictionary

  1. denitrified
  2. denitrifier
  3. denitrifiers
  4. denitrifies
  5. denitrify
  6. denitrifying
  7. denitrogenate
  8. denitrogenated
  9. denitrogenates
  10. denitrogenating
  11. denitrogenation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: denitrifying (page history and authors); denitrify (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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