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recarburise

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re⋅car⋅bu⋅rize

[ree-kahr-buh-rahyz, -byuh-]
–verb (used with object), -rized, -riz⋅ing. Metallurgy.
to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
Also, especially British, re⋅car⋅bu⋅rise.


Origin:
1925–30; re- + carburize


re⋅car⋅bu⋅ri⋅za⋅tion, noun
re⋅car⋅bu⋅riz⋅er, noun
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