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perchlorinate

perchlorinate verb: to chlorinate thoroughly: to add the maximum amount of chlorine to.

Verb

perchlorinate (third-person singular simple present perchlorinates, present participle perchlorinating, simple past and past participle perchlorinated)

  1. To chlorinate thoroughly: to add the maximum amount of chlorine to.

Forms of perchlorinate

third-person singular presentperchlorinates
present participleperchlorinating
past participleperchlorinated
pastperchlorinated

Origin of perchlorinate

From per- + chlorinate.

Words formed from perchlorinate

Questions about perchlorinate

What does perchlorinate mean?
Perchlorinate means to chlorinate thoroughly: to add the maximum amount of chlorine to.
What part of speech is perchlorinate?
Perchlorinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of perchlorinate?
The past tense of perchlorinate is perchlorinated.

Words near perchlorinate in the dictionary

  1. perchlorates
  2. perchloric
  3. perchloric acid
  4. perchloride
  5. perchlorides
  6. perchlorinate
  7. perchlorinated
  8. perchlorinates
  9. perchlorinating
  10. perchlorination
  11. perchlorinations

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