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chlorine
Noun
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A chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
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Chlorine can mean something that contains chlorine, but is not chlorine as an element
Drinking water and swimming pool water is chlorinated to make it clean.
nitrate
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noun
any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
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verb
treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol