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Definition of "chlorinate" []

  • To treat or combine with chlorine or a chlorine compound. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "chlorinate" in a sentence
  • ""We would be seeing a lot more outbreaks of E.Coli and Norovirus if we didn't chlorinate," says Michael Beach , the CDC's associate director for healthy water."
  • "I destroy smarter life forms than JT whenever I chlorinate my swimming pool."
  • "In 1908, Jersey City, N.J., became the first city in the United States to chlorinate its municipal tap water."