DESULPHURATE

de·sul·fu·rate

[dee-suhl-fyuh-reyt, -fuh-]
verb (used with object), de·sul·fu·rat·ed, de·sul·fu·rat·ing. Chemistry.
to desulfurize.
Also, de·sul·phu·rate.


Origin:
1750–60; de- + sulfurate

de·sul·fu·ra·tion, noun
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