1. to make or become salty or containing salt
Usage: often used in environmental or agricultural contexts

Examples

• Excessive irrigation can salinize the soil over time.
• The drought caused the groundwater to salinize.
• Industrial runoff began to salinize the nearby freshwater lake.
• Farmers worry that rising sea levels will salinize their fields.
• The mining operation threatened to salinize the local water supply.
• Poor drainage systems can salinize agricultural land.