desalinize

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verb

To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

verbdesalinize (third-person singular simple present desalinizes, present participle desalinizing, simple past and past participle desalinized)

present singular third person desalinizes · participle present desalinizing · participle past desalinized · past desalinized

  1. transitiveTo remove the salt from something, especially from seawater.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbremove salt from

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishsaline
  8. Englishdesalinize

From de- + saline + -ize.

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Translations

Catalan dessalar, dessalinitzar
  • dessalarto remove salt from
  • dessalinitzarto remove salt from
French dessaler
  • dessalerto remove salt from
Italian dissalare, desalinizzare
  • dissalareto remove salt from
  • desalinizzareto remove salt from
Russian опресня́ть, опресни́ть
  • опресня́ть (opresnjátʹ)to remove salt from
  • опресни́ть (opresnítʹ)to remove salt from
Spanish desalar, desalinizar
  • desalarto remove salt from
  • desalinizarto remove salt from
Turkish tuzdan arındırmak
  • tuzdan arındırmakto remove salt from
Cite this entry
APA

desalinize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desalinize

MLA

“desalinize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desalinize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desalinize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desalinize.

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