calcine

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Then it turns into calcine bone that’s grayish white and brittle with no organic matter.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Why not calcine the two along with him?

From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard

A throne-crater can swallow up and calcine even gold mountains, and eject them as lava.

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul

The generality of cooks calcine bones, till they are as black as a coal, and throw them hissing hot into the stew-pan, to give a brown colour to their broths.

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William

To obtain pure lime it is necessary to calcine these calcareous substances, that is to say, to expose them to heat of sufficient intensity to drive off the carbonic acid, and other volatile matter.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir