decarburize
verb (used with object)
to remove carbon from (molten steel, automobile cylinders, etc.).
decarburise
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a variation of
decarburize.
Example Sentences
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A blast of air was to be forced down the pipe so as to rise up among the pieces of granular iron and partially decarburise them.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Samuel Smiles
A blast of air was to be forced down the pipe so as to rise up among the pieces of granular iron, and partly decarburise them.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Robert Cochrane
