desulfurize

[dee-suhl-fyuh-rahyz, -fuh-]

verb (used with object), de·sul·fu·rized, de·sul·fu·riz·ing.

Also especially British, de·sul·phu·rize, de·sul·phu·rise.

Origin of desulfurize

First recorded in 1860–65; de- + sulfurize

Related formsde·sul·fu·ri·za·tion, nounde·sul·fu·riz·er, nounnon·de·sul·fu·ri·za·tion, nounnon·de·sul·fu·rized, adjective