distilled

[ dih-stild ]

adjective

1. obtained or produced by distillation.

Other Words From

• undis·tilled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of distilled¹

1425–75; late Middle English. See distill, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Patients could simply take a bottle of the white powder from the fridge, mix it with distilled water and inject themselves.

From BBC

The 2008 financial crisis distilled a sense that the game was rigged against ordinary people.

From Slate

Otherwise, a generation of comedians will be saying the same repetitive, distilled stuff.”

From BBC

Researchers interviewed 34 people over Zoom and distilled their responses into three key findings.

From Los Angeles Times

Cleverly, who later used the phrase numerous times when he was home secretary, told a fringe event at the Tory conference in Birmingham it “distilled a very, very complicated and challenging problem into a soundbite”.

From BBC

Related Words

• processed
• pure
• purified