Defluorinate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 to remove or reduce fluorine or fluoride
"Attempts to fuse and defluorinate rock phosphate by feeding the finely ground material into the flame of a blast lamp were not successful."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Attempts to fuse and defluorinate rock phosphate by feeding the finely ground material into the flame of a blast lamp were not successful."
Etymology
From de- + fluorinate.