Might mean (unverified): Remove accumulated silt from waterways.
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▸ verb:  to remove suspended silt from the water.

Similar:
desolvate, defluidize, flock, deionize, solubilise, entrain, backwash, delipidate, hydrodesulfurize, wash, more...

Opposite:
silt, fill, deposit, accumulate, build up

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Similar:
desolvate, defluidize, flock, deionize, solubilise, entrain, backwash, delipidate, hydrodesulfurize, wash, more...

Opposite:
silt, fill, deposit, accumulate, build up



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