entschlacken

German

Etymology

ent- +‎ Schlacke +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛntˈʃlakn̩/
  • Hyphenation: ent‧schla‧cken
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Verb

entschlacken (weak, third-person singular present entschlackt, past tense entschlackte, past participle entschlackt, auxiliary haben) (transitive)

  1. (metallurgy) to clear of slag
  2. (figurative) to streamline, to simplify (remove what is considered unnecessary and out-of-date from a process or set of rules)
    Regulierungen entschlackento streamline/simplify regulations
  3. (alternative medicine) to cleanse, to purify (clear the body or a part of it of certain metabolites)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Entschlackung

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