: a halogen element that is isolated as a heavy greenish-yellow diatomic gas of pungent odor and is used especially as a bleach, oxidizing agent, and disinfectant in water purification see Chemical Elements Table
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There isn’t enough chlorine in the world, rose lovers.
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EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
The underwater life is still with her, in her thirties: the smell of chlorine, nylon straps digging into shoulders, hair clumped into icicles after predawn workouts in a Toronto suburb.
—The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
Pour 150 ml of 9% vinegar and a small amount of liquid chlorine bleach into the drain.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
The Meeting The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Monday reminded Syria of its obligations to safeguard and destroy hazardous substances, including chlorine gas, following rebel forces' entry into the capital, Damascus, over the weekend.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
The underwater life is still with her, in her thirties: the smell of chlorine, nylon straps digging into shoulders, hair clumped into icicles after predawn workouts in a Toronto suburb.
—The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
Pour 150 ml of 9% vinegar and a small amount of liquid chlorine bleach into the drain.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
The Meeting The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Monday reminded Syria of its obligations to safeguard and destroy hazardous substances, including chlorine gas, following rebel forces' entry into the capital, Damascus, over the weekend.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Chlorine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chlorine. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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chlorine
noun
chlo·rine
ˈklō(ə)r-ˌēn 
ˈklȯ(ə)r-,
-ən
: a nonmetallic element that is found alone as a heavy greenish yellow irritating gas having two atoms per molecule and a strong odor and that is used especially as a bleach, oxidizing agent, and disinfectant in water purification see element
Medical Definition
chlorine
noun
chlo·rine
ˈklō(ə)r-ˌēn, ˈklȯ(ə)r-, -ən
: a halogen element that is isolated as a heavy greenish yellow gas of pungent odor and is used especially as a bleach, oxidizing agent, and disinfectant in water purification
—symbol Cl
see Chemical Elements Table
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