desalinate
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- remove salt from“desalinate water”Synonyms: desaltdesalinizedesaliniseOpposite salinateMore general change
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
desalinate transitive verb
to remove the salt from, especially from water; as, it is necessary to desalinate sea water to make it fit to drink. several processes are in comon use for desalinating sea water. Distillation is effective, but expensive. Reverse osmosis is more economical. Syn. — desalt, desalinize.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5