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v. - Remove calcium or lime from; Lose calcium or calcium compounds.

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Usage examples (7)
  • decalcify the rock
  • Twitch responded, then turned on Casey, giving him a look that could decalcify the spines of lesser men.
  • No enough time has passed to decalcify the education leviathon and gutting too soon will no serve anyone, least of all the students in most need of help.
  • Now though scientists in various countries have developed differing technologies that produce similar results to deaden sensitivity and decalcify the teeth, problems...
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