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DECARBURIZE
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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
Sense 1
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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