SATURATED

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S(1) A(1) T(1) U(1) R(1) A(1) T(1) E(1) D(2)

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Definition

verb

To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
“After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.”
To fill to excess.
“Modern television is saturated with violence.”
To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
“One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.”
To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.

adjective

Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
Soaked or drenched with moisture.
(of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
(color) Having a high level of saturation.