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DECARBURIZE

Dictionary entry overview: What does decarburize mean?

• DECARBURIZE (verb)
The verb DECARBURIZE has 1 sense:

1. remove carbon from (an engine)

Familiarity information: DECARBURIZE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DECARBURIZE (verb)

Sense 1

decarburize ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Remove carbon from (an engine)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

decarbonise; decarbonize; decarburise; decarburize; decoke

Hypernyms (to "decarburize" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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