seawater

noun

sea·wa·ter ˈsē-ˌwȯ-tər

-ˌwä-

: water in or from the sea

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Minutes to hours later, a surge of seawater will swallow the land. —

Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024 Hundreds of schools were also shuttered by the unusually heavy November snow, which has been attributed to the warmer-than-usual temperatures of seawaters west of the Korean peninsula encountering currents of cold air. —

Brian Cheng, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024 Rat bites were a hazard, as were infections from bathing in seawater polluted by garbage and human waste. —

Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 Heat exchangers can transfer heat to secondary systems where it can be applied to other practical uses like heating nearby buildings, desalination process to convert seawater into freshwater, pasturizing, and greenhouses. —

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