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Verb: desorb  dee'sorb
  1. (chemistry) go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
     
  2. (chemistry) remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed
    "the substance was desorbed"

Derived forms: desorbed, desorbs, desorbing

Type of: disappear, go away, remove, take, take away, vanish, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Desorb