verb
- making or becoming salty; adding salt to something or causing it to contain salt
Usage: present participle of salinize
Examples
- The irrigation system is salinizing the soil over time.
- Ocean spray is salinizing the coastal vegetation.
- Poor drainage is salinizing the agricultural fields.
- The factory’s discharge is salinizing the nearby river.
- Climate change is salinizing freshwater aquifers.
- Overuse of road salt is salinizing groundwater supplies.