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chlorine

[klawr-een, -in, klohr-] / ˈklɔr in, -ɪn, ˈkloʊr- /
NOUN
element
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When sunlight strikes those particles, chemical reactions can release chlorine atoms.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

As I push through the doors, the smell of chlorine hits me.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Workers will then disinfect the repaired section with chlorine, test the water quality, then dechlorinate the water and discharge it into a storm drain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Interior Department spokeswoman Katie Martin said the hydrogen peroxide the National Park Service is using “is a milder treatment than chlorine and is used in spas and specialty pools like natural swimming pools.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

The idea of being dunked in everyone’s pee—and God knows what else—is enough to give me a panic attack, and the chlorine makes my skin itch and eyes sting.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

To produce dicarbon, they started with molecules consisting of two carbon atoms and four chlorine atoms and used a laser to strip off the chlorines, leaving only dicarbon.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022

The trans isomer, formed when the chlorines are positioned at a 180° angle, has very different properties from the cis isomers.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019



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