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carbonize

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
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car=bon=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

carbonizev. t. [Cf. F. carboniser.].
  •  To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

carbonize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 convert into carbon by heating.
2 reduce to charcoal or coke.
3 coat with carbon.

Derivative
carbonization n.

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