dehydrochlorinate

[dee-hahy-druh-klawr-uh-neyt, -klohr-]

verb (used with object), de·hy·dro·chlo·ri·nat·ed, de·hy·dro·chlo·ri·nat·ing. Chemistry.

to remove hydrogen chloride or chlorine and hydrogen from (a substance).

Origin:
dehydro- + chlorinate

Related forms

de·hy·dro·chlo·ri·na·tion, noun

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Dehydrochlorinate is always a great word to know.

So is atomic. Does it mean:

a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH3, usually produced by the combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases

existing as free, uncombined atoms

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