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Carbonize   Listen
verb
Carbonize  v. t.  (past & past part. carbonized; pres. part. carbonizing)  
1.
To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.
2.
To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation.






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"Carbonize" Quotes from Famous Books



... the hot snap which we recently incurred, When 'twas warm enough to carbonize the feathers of a bird, And men exclaimed: "By Hunky!" who were bad enough to swear, And pious persons supervised their ...
— Black Beetles in Amber • Ambrose Bierce



Words linked to "Carbonize" :   turn, change state, carburize, carbonic, carbonization, carbonise



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