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granitize

American  
[gran-i-tahyz] / ˈgræn ɪˌtaɪz /
especially British, granitise

verb (used with object)

granitized, granitizing
  1. to subject to granitization.


Etymology

Origin of granitize

First recorded in 1960–65; granite + -ize