Deoxygenate (Verb)
Meaning
Remove oxygen from (water).
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The treatment plant helps to deoxygenate the wastewater to slow down the growth of aquatic plants.
- Oxygen depletion in fish tanks occurs when the water starts to deoxygenate rapidly due to fish waste.
- The anoxic process in a septic tank is designed to deoxygenate the liquid manure and create environments without oxygen.
- Flushing and rapid mixing in a water treatment system deoxygenate the water as much as possible to minimize corrosion.
- Fish suffocate if they are trapped in water that starts to deoxygenate without having access to the surface to breathe.