Definition of "fluoridate" [fluoridate]

• To add a fluorine compound to (a drinking water supply, for example) for the purpose of reducing tooth decay. (verb-transitive)

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• "Amazingly, the United States is only one of eight countries in the entire developed world that fluoridate more than 50 percent of their water supply."
• "He explained that the treatment recommendations are not about me at all, but "a public health issue, just like why we fluoridate water.""
• "A group of private citizens in San Diego County is planning to file a large-scale lawsuit in federal court against public water districts and challenge the constitutionality of using industrial-grade hydrofluosilicic acid to fluoridate drinking water."