Usually means: Remove salt from water, purify.
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  1. desalinate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  16. desalinate: Merriam-Webster

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▸ verb:  To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply

Similar:
desalinize, desalt, desalinise, desalivate, dechlorinate, debrine, demineralize, freshen, desand, dehalogenate, more...

Opposite:
salinate, saltify, saltwaterize

Types:
reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, nanofiltration, ion exchange, freezing, more...

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Similar:
desalinize, desalt, desalinise, desalivate, dechlorinate, debrine, demineralize, freshen, desand, dehalogenate, more...

Opposite:
salinate, saltify, saltwaterize

Types:
reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, nanofiltration, ion exchange, freezing, more...



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