desalt
Americanverb (used with object)
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to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
Other Word Forms
- desalter noun
Etymology
Origin of desalt
Example Sentences
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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
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
We have to purify our air and to desalt our oceans.
From Time Magazine Archive
If U.S. scientists can develop a practical, economic way to desalt sea water, they will not only ease such regional problems as drought, but will generate demand for many kinds of machines and human skills.
From Time Magazine Archive
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