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Definition of Desalinate
1. Verb. Remove salt from. "Desalinate water"
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Desalination, Desalinisation, Desalinization
Antonyms: Salinate
Definition of Desalinate
1. Verb. To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Desalinate
1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desalinate
Literary usage of Desalinate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hydropolitics along the Jordan River; Scarce Water and Its Impact on the by Aaron T. Wolf (1995)
"This would be funded by the major powers and import water from water-rich
neighbouring countries such as Egypt, Lebanon, and Turkey, and/or desalinate ..."
2. Managing Water for Peace in the Middle East; Alternative Strategies by Masahiro Murakami (1995)
"There is still the opportunity to desalinate seawater and lift the product water
up to a 1000 m elevation in the future by developing new renewable-energy ..."
3. Diversity, Globalization, and the Ways of Nature by Antón, Danilo J (1995)
"It will cost $300 per unit to desalinate water that irrigators buy for $3.5 per
unit upstream. As will be described in Chapter 12, the Colorado River has ..."
4. Viet Nam at the Crossroads: The Role of Science and Technology by Keith Bezanson (1999)
"(One can have as much water as desired provided you have the money and the energy
to desalinate seawater and ship it to the point of consumption. ..."
5. Chronicle of Progress by Peter Vine, Ibrahim Abed, Paula Casey-Vine, Abdullah Al Jabali (1996)
"... which had been achieved by the students and the originality of experiments in
exploiting solar power to desalinate the waters of the Red Sea. ..."
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