English word dechlorinate comes from English accumulate, English -ule ((rare, scientific) Diminutive suffix.), English chlorine
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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accumulate | English (eng) | (intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.. (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literal or figurative) (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated. |
-ule | English (eng) | (rare, scientific) Diminutive suffix. |
chlorine | English (eng) | (countable) A single atom of this element.. A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17. |
dechlorinate | English (eng) | To remove chlorine from something. |