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Chlorinated

Chlorinate \Chlo"rin*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chlorinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Chlorinating.] (Chem.) To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.

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chlorinated
  1. (context chemistry English) Of water, that has had chlorine added to it to purify it. v

  2. (en-past of: chlorinate)

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Usage examples of "chlorinated".

Bosnian housekeeper having employed a product that contained xylene and chlorinated hydrocarbons to clean some crayon-marks off a bleached-oak end table.

He just walked the path around the chainlink fence that kept woodland animals from coming to drown in the chlorinated water.

Simeon led them down the dimly lighted corridor, which smelled of chlorinated lime and medication.

The addition of a small quantity of solute chlorinated lime should decide the question beyond reach of cavil.

His glassed-in sun porch, which gave onto the lake, was filled with potted banana, umbrella, orange, and Hong Kong orchid trees, and in the center of the house was a heavily chlorinated, lime-green swimming pool with steam rising off the water.

Chlorinated hydrocarbons, such as the chemical chlordane, are used routinely for termites (and ants) in thousands of homes with dozens of litres being used for an average domestic residence.