Usually means: Remove mineral content from something.
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  1. demineralize: Merriam-Webster
  2. demineralize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. demineralize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. demineralize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. demineralize: Vocabulary.com
  6. demineralize: Wiktionary
  7. demineralize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. demineralize: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. demineralize: Dictionary.com
  10. demineralize: Rhymezone
  11. demineralize: FreeDictionary.org
  12. demineralize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. demineralize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. demineralize: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. demineralize: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. demineralize: Medical dictionary

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To remove minerals or mineral salts from (a liquid, rocks, bones, or teeth).

Similar:
demineralise, desalinize, desalt, desalinise, desalinate, decrystallize, desalivate, decationize, freshen, dematerialize, more...

Opposite:
mineralize, remineralize, fortify

Types:
deionize, distill, reverse osmosis, deionized water, more...

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Similar:
demineralise, desalinize, desalt, desalinise, desalinate, decrystallize, desalivate, decationize, freshen, dematerialize, more...

Opposite:
mineralize, remineralize, fortify

Types:
deionize, distill, reverse osmosis, deionized water, more...



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