Meaning & use
distilled
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Purified or concentrated a liquid by heating it into vapor and then condensing it back into liquid form.
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The chemist distilled the mixture to separate the alcohol from the water.
Her speech distilled decades of research into a few clear, memorable points.
A note on using this word
Beyond its literal chemical sense, "distill" is widely used figuratively to mean reducing something complex to its essential elements.
Words with a similar meaning
purifiedrefined
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Extracted or reduced something to its essential meaning or most important points.
The report distilled months of research into a single page.
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