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Definition of dewater
transitive verb
: to remove water from
dewaterer
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Two new dewatering pump stations will be built to transport the polluted mix to one of three reconditioned sewage treatment plants.
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A second aircrew from Air Facility Newport arrived on scene at 6:54 a.m. Dewatering attempts were unsuccessful, and the fishermen were subsequently hoisted into the helicopters about an hour after the first aircrew arrived.
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Palo Alto broke ground Wednesday on a $30 million sewage sludge dewatering facility at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant at 2501 Embarcadero Way.
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First Known Use of dewater
circa 1909
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