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definition: 
Remove impurities or unwanted elements from (a substance), typically as part of an industrial process
sentence: 
Sugar was refined by boiling it in huge iron vats.
When oil is refined this reaction is used to remove unwanted alkenes.
difficulty: 
easy
toefl frequency: 
3
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noun: 
refinement
noun sentence: 
These molecules are removed from our daily diets by refinement processes.