decarbonize
Americanverb (used with object)
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decarbonizes,
present (3rd person singular)
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decarbonized,
past participle, past
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decarbonizing
present participle
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to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere by the activities of (a household, industry, country, etc.).
Our expertise is in designing new ways to decarbonize our economy, using solar energy and renewable carbon to replace fossil fuels.
verb (used without object)
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decarbonizes,
present (3rd person singular)
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decarbonized,
past participle, past
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decarbonizing
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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decarbonizesimple
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decarbonizessimple
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have decarbonizedperfect
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has decarbonizedperfect
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am decarbonizingprogressive
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are decarbonizingprogressive
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is decarbonizingprogressive
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have been decarbonizingperfect progressive
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has been decarbonizingperfect progressive
Past
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decarbonizedsimple
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had decarbonizedperfect
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was decarbonizingprogressive
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were decarbonizingprogressive
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had been decarbonizingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of decarbonize
Example Sentences
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Instead, Ryzhenkov said, “what we’re advocating is a staged and realistic solution that would reflect wartime conditions and allow producers to survive, modernize and decarbonize before they are fully exposed to CBAM.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
"There is a global race to increase hydrogen availability in order to decarbonize and reduce the costs of the existing hydrogen economy," says Sherwood Lollar.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
Clean hydrogen, a fuel that was expected to become a big part of America’s push to decarbonize, appears to be dead for now.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
“But there’s a good chance that by then, demand for gas in South Korea will have fallen alongside the broader push to decarbonize, which will lead to oversupply and depressed prices,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
The atmosphere which some breathe is contaminated and adulterated, and with its vital principles so diminished, that it cannot fully decarbonize the blood, nor fully excite the nervous system.—Thackeray.
From Pearls of Thought by Maturin Murray Ballou
Nordhaus said if the rate at which the economy has decarbonized since 1970 continues, the world will hit net zero by 2080.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
Plastics, ubiquitous in the modern world, cannot be decarbonized because they are made of carbon-based molecules.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024
The rapid development of more diverse sources of protein would also support the world’s transition to decarbonized food systems.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 12, 2023
Gathering a coalition focusing on a largely decarbonized way to travel between the economic engines of three Pacific Northwest cities is a worthwhile endeavor.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
High-speed steel should be delivered from the rolling mill to the annealing department free from scale, for scale promotes the formation of a decarbonized surface.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
"Plastic waste is accumulating at alarming rates, and clean hydrogen is essential for decarbonizing energy. This technology tackles both of these challenges in a creative and scalable way."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Voltify, a Philadelphia-based startup, raised $30 million in seed funding to trial its system for decarbonizing the rail industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
GE Vernova is also investing an “immense amount” of capital into decarbonizing gas by capturing carbon emitted from gas production and injecting it back into cavities in the ground, Strazik said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
But while repealing the IRA might slow the steady pace of American households decarbonizing, it can’t stop what’s already in motion.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2024
Charred leather is the best annealing material for high-carbon steel, because it prevents decarbonizing taking place.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
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