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decarburize

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de⋅car⋅bu⋅rize

  [dee-kahr-buh-rahyz, -byuh-]
Use decarburize in a Sentence
–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

Related forms:
de⋅car⋅bu⋅ri⋅za⋅tion, de⋅car⋅bu⋅ra⋅tion, noun
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de·car·bu·rize   (dē-kär'bə-rīz', -byə-)   
tr.v.   de·car·bu·rized, de·car·bu·riz·ing, de·car·bu·riz·es
To decarbonize.
de·car'bu·ri·za'tion (-rĭ-zā'shən) n.
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