decarbonize
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Verb (1)decarbonized, decarbonizing
- remove carbon from (an engine)Synonyms: decarbonisedecarburizedecarburisedecokeMore general remove, take
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
De·car′bon·ize transitive verb [past tense & past participle Decarbonized; present participle & verbal noun Decarbonizing.]
To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood.
Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron. — Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54