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fluoridate

[ floor-i-deyt, flawr-, flohr- ]

verb (used with object)

fluoridated, fluoridating.
  1. to introduce a fluoride into:

    to fluoridate drinking water.



fluoridate

/ 藞蹿濒蕣蓹谤瑟藢诲别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to subject (water) to fluoridation
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fluoridate

  1. To add fluorine or a fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to prevent tooth decay.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲别路蹿濒耻辞谤顎僫路诲补迟别顎 verb (used with object) defluoridated defluoridating
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of fluoridate1

First recorded in 1945鈥50; back formation from fluoridation
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Example Sentences

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About 1.6 million more people will have their water supply fluoridated, the government has confirmed.

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State and local authorities decide for themselves whether to fluoridate the water supply.

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As of 2012, two-thirds of Americans had access to fluoridated tap water.

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Fluoride - a naturally occurring mineral recognised to protect teeth against decay - is added to water supplies in many countries, including the US, where around 63% of the population have fluoridated water.

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In England, about one in 10 people has fluoridated drinking water.

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