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desalt

American  
[dee-sawlt] / diˈsɔlt /

verb (used with object)

  1. to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.


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Etymology

Origin of desalt

First recorded in 1905–10; de- + salt 1

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“You purify and you desalt at the same time.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2022

He thinks it will be necessary to shoot silver iodide into the clouds in an effort to make it rain or to build plants to desalt ocean water.

From Scientific American Jun. 16, 2015

We have to purify our air and to desalt our oceans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, President Johnson flew to Manhattan last month for a fund-raising dinner for Israel's Weizmann Institute, announced that the U.S. would help Israel desalt sea water with nuclear energy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Carrier Corp. is testing a promising new method at a $150,000 pilot plant that will desalt water by freezing it, trapping salt crystals between fresh-water ice crystals.

From Time Magazine Archive

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