fluoridate

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fluoridate

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Back-formation from fluoridation, equivalent to fluoride + -ate.

verb fluoridates · fluoridating · fluoridated

transitive To add fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay. Out of the 484 Utah water systems that reported data in 2024, only 66 fluoridated their water, an Associated Press analysis showed. The largest was the state’s biggest city, Salt Lake City.
Similar: fluoridize

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@misc{fluoridate_2026,
  title = {fluoridate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fluoridate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}