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Decarbonize

 [dee-kahr-buh-nahyz]  

de·car·bon·ize

   [dee-kahr-buh-nahyz]
verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
decarburize.
Also, especially British, de·car·bon·ise.

Origin:
1815–25; de- + carbonize

Related forms
de·car·bon·i·za·tion, noun
de·car·bon·iz·er, noun
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decarbonize or decarbonise (diːˈkɑːbəˌnaɪz)
 
—vb
(tr) decoke, Also: decarburize to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
 
decarbonise or decarbonise
 
—vb
 
decarboni'zation or decarbonise
 
—n
 
decarboni'sation or decarbonise
 
—n
 
de'carbonizer or decarbonise
 
—n
 
de'carboniser or decarbonise
 
—n

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