Definition of "halogenate" []

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

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• "For that matter, it would have been too late even when the discovery was made and action taken, if the industry had used primarily bromine, rather than chlorine, to halogenate fluorocarbon compounds for market purposes."