desulphurize

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desulphurize

(diːˈsʌlfjʊˌraɪz) ,

desulphurise

desulfurize

(Chemistry) to free or become free from sulphur

deˌsulphuriˈzation, deˌsulphuriˈsation, deˌsulfuriˈzation n

deˈsulphurˌizer, deˈsulphurˌiser, deˈsulfurˌizer n

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desulphurize

Past participle: desulphurized
Gerund: desulphurizing

Imperative
desulphurize
desulphurize

Present
I desulphurize
you desulphurize
he/she/it desulphurizes
we desulphurize
you desulphurize
they desulphurize

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Verb

desulphurize - remove sulfur from

desulfurize

get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

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