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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of salinate.

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Examples

  • When the warm water reaches colder latitudes (such as those around Europe), it releases steam — this cools and salinates the water, forcing it into the deep return path.

    Waldo Jaquith - Carbon tax works out to $43/ton. 2007

  • Bloomberg Rising sea salinates India's Ganges: expert KOLKATA: Rising sea levels are causing salt water to flow into India's biggest river, threatening its ecosystem and turning vast farmlands barren in the country's east, a climate change expert warned Monday.

    India Evening News Digest 2009

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