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chlo·ri·nate

(klôr′ə-nāt′)

tr.v. chlo·ri·nat·ed, chlo·ri·nat·ing, chlo·ri·nates

To treat or combine with chlorine or a chlorine compound.

chlo′ri·na′tion n.

chlo′ri·na′tor n.

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chlorinate

(ˈklɔːrɪˌneɪt)

vb (tr)

1. (Chemistry) to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine

2. (Chemistry) to disinfect (water) with chlorine

ˌchlorinˈation n

ˈchlorinˌator n

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chlo•ri•nate

(ˈklɔr əˌneɪt, ˈkloʊr-)

v.t. -nat•ed, -nat•ing.

a. to combine or treat with chlorine, esp. for disinfecting.

b. to introduce chlorine atoms into (an organic compound) by addition or substitution.

[1855–60]

chlo`ri•na′tion, n.

chlo′ri•na`tor, n.

chlo·ri·nate

(klôr′ə-nāt′)

To add chlorine or one of its compounds to a substance. Water and sewage are chlorinated to be disinfected, and paper pulp is chlorinated to be bleached.

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chlorinate

Past participle: chlorinated
Gerund: chlorinating

Imperative
chlorinate
chlorinate

Present
I chlorinate
you chlorinate
he/she/it chlorinates
we chlorinate
you chlorinate
they chlorinate

Preterite
I chlorinated
you chlorinated
he/she/it chlorinated
we chlorinated
you chlorinated
they chlorinated

Present Continuous
I am chlorinating
you are chlorinating
he/she/it is chlorinating
we are chlorinating
you are chlorinating
they are chlorinating

Present Perfect
I have chlorinated
you have chlorinated
he/she/it has chlorinated
we have chlorinated
you have chlorinated
they have chlorinated

Past Continuous
I was chlorinating
you were chlorinating
he/she/it was chlorinating
we were chlorinating
you were chlorinating
they were chlorinating

Past Perfect
I had chlorinated
you had chlorinated
he/she/it had chlorinated
we had chlorinated
you had chlorinated
they had chlorinated

Future
I will chlorinate
you will chlorinate
he/she/it will chlorinate
we will chlorinate
you will chlorinate
they will chlorinate

Future Perfect
I will have chlorinated
you will have chlorinated
he/she/it will have chlorinated
we will have chlorinated
you will have chlorinated
they will have chlorinated

Future Continuous
I will be chlorinating
you will be chlorinating
he/she/it will be chlorinating
we will be chlorinating
you will be chlorinating
they will be chlorinating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been chlorinating
you have been chlorinating
he/she/it has been chlorinating
we have been chlorinating
you have been chlorinating
they have been chlorinating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been chlorinating
you will have been chlorinating
he/she/it will have been chlorinating
we will have been chlorinating
you will have been chlorinating
they will have been chlorinating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been chlorinating
you had been chlorinating
he/she/it had been chlorinating
we had been chlorinating
you had been chlorinating
they had been chlorinating

Conditional
I would chlorinate
you would chlorinate
he/she/it would chlorinate
we would chlorinate
you would chlorinate
they would chlorinate

Past Conditional
I would have chlorinated
you would have chlorinated
he/she/it would have chlorinated
we would have chlorinated
you would have chlorinated
they would have chlorinated

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Verb	1.	chlorinate - treat or combine with chlorine; "chlorinated water" process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
	2.	chlorinate - disinfect with chlorine; "chlorinate a pool" disinfect - destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound"

Translations

clorinar

chlorer

clorareclorurare

klorera

chlorinate

[ˈklɒrɪneɪt] VT → clorar, tratar con cloro

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chlorinate

[ˈklɔːrɪneɪt] vt [+ water] → chlorer

chlorinate

vt water → chloren

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chlorinate

[ˈklɒrɪneɪt] vt → clorare

References in periodicals archive ?

PESHAWAR -- The Higher Education Department has issued directives to clean and chlorinate water facilities at colleges and universities throughout the province.

HED orders clean water, at educational institutions

"Our functionaries realised that while the employees were on the ship they proceeded to chlorinate the tanks before the samples were taken."

Doubts raised over water quality from tankers

Furthermore, exports are only allowed on recovery grounds if their calorific value is greater than 11,500 Kj/kg for waste with less than 1 per cent chlorinate content or greater than 15,000 Kj/kg with more chlorinate.