To remove chlorine or chlorine-based compounds from something.
From de- (to remove) + chlor (from chlorine, from Greek chloros meaning green-yellow). This technical chemistry term emerged with modern water treatment.
Water treatment plants 'dechlore' water before releasing it into rivers—dechlorination is the official term, but chemists use 'dechlore' as shorthand, showing how scientific language develops informal variants.
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