chlorinate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
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to disinfect (water) with chlorine
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Origin of chlorinate
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Namphy and his government colleagues raced to chlorinate water arriving in the camps.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2020
We chlorinate our water, so what’s the problem with using chlorine washes to make chicken safe?
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2019
Residents now chlorinate it, boil it or filter it through rugs.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2014
That move comes after actors in chicken outfits in one French protest troupe — dubbed the "chicken brigade" — tried to "chlorinate themselves" in a public pool.
From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 5, 2014
The water supplies on the British front are all more or less subject to pollution and it is consequently necessary, to ensure adequate protection, to chlorinate all supplies with bleach.
From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph
And note that people with diarrhea should not go to water parks or swimming pools: The parasite that causes cyclosporiasis can survive in chlorinated water, according to Egan.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
After further investigation, those patterns were linked to chlorinated paraffins associated with MCCPs.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2026
According to the British agricultural press, more than 150,000 Brits have since signed petitions urging their supermarket chains to “publicly rule out chlorinated chicken.”
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
Switzerland's powerful farming lobby has waded into the debate, with farmers' union Uniterre rejecting any imports of chlorinated chicken and concessions likely to harm the country's proud milk and dairy industry.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
Storage of the chlorinated hydrocarbons, as we have seen, is cumulative, beginning with the smallest intake.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Its petrochemical division, OxyChem, manufactures and sells chemicals used in applications such as chlorinating water, recycling batteries and producing paper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
Park officials are collecting more sampling to figure out the source of the bacteria and are also chlorinating water in the area again.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
Some ideas include chlorinating or flushing out the material, Pestrella said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
He says with the rainy season under way, the government has in recent weeks taken steps to prevent a cholera outbreak by chlorinating wells in Monrovia.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2014
The little chlorinating plant is situated on the line of this tunnel so that the solution is readily introduced into the water before it reaches the pool called a settling basin.
From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor
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