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sal·i·nate

(săl′ə-nāt′)

tr.v. sal·i·nat·ed, sal·i·nat·ing, sal·i·nates

To increase the concentration of salt in: agricultural fields whose soil had been salinated by overirrigation.

sal′i·na′tion n.

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