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decarburise

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de⋅car⋅bu⋅rize

[dee-kahr-buh-rahyz, -byuh-]
–verb (used with object), -rized, -riz⋅ing.
to remove carbon from (molten steel, automobile cylinders, etc.).
Also, especially British, de⋅car⋅bu⋅rise.


Origin:
1855–60; de- + carburize


de⋅car⋅bu⋅ri⋅za⋅tion, de⋅car⋅bu⋅ra⋅tion, noun
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decarburise

verb
remove carbon from (an engine) [syn: decarbonize
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