carbonize
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bəˌnaɪz
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carbonize or carbonise (ˈkɑːbəˌnaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc |
| 2. | (tr) to enrich or coat (a substance) with carbon |
| 3. | (intr) to react or unite with carbon |
| carbonise or carbonise | |
| —vb | |
| carboni'zation or carbonise | |
| —n | |
| carboni'sation or carbonise | |
| —n | |
| 'carbonizer or carbonise | |
| —n | |
| 'carboniser or carbonise | |
| —n | |
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Carbonize
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Example sentences
The flow was hot enough to sear and carbonize the entire trunk and those limbs that were engulfed by the flow.
Ores high in organics may be roasted to carbonize and oxidize these and prevent clogging of hydrometallurgical processes.
Sufficient doses of gamma radiation can carbonize organic compounds, leaving no trace of the parent compound.
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