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bi⋅tu⋅mi⋅nize

[bahy-too-muh-nahyz, -tyoo-, bi-]
–verb (used with object), -nized, -niz⋅ing.
to convert into or treat with bitumen.
Also, especially British, bi⋅tu⋅mi⋅nise.


Origin:
1745–55; < L bitūmin- (s. of bitūmen) bitumen + -ize


bi⋅tu⋅mi⋅ni⋅za⋅tion, noun
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bituminise

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treat with bitumen [syn: bituminize
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