de·car·bon·ize

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


Origin:
1815–25; de- + carbonize

de·car·bon·i·za·tion, noun
de·car·bon·iz·er, noun
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decarbonize or decarbonise (diːˈkɑːbəˌnaɪz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Decarbonize is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
But what they represent to me is the difficulty of the task facing the world as it tries to decarbonize its energy supply.
So everything must be done to increase energy efficiency and decarbonize energy production.
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