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DE-IONATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove ions from

Example:

ionate thyroxine

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "de-ionate" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

ionate (add ions to)

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