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calcine

[kal-sahyn, -sin] / ˈkæl saɪn, -sɪn /
VERB
burn
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blaze char heat ignite incinerate light melt scorch smolder torch
STRONG
bake brand broil cauterize combust conflagrate cook cremate enkindle flame flare flash flicker glow kindle parch rekindle roast scald sear singe toast wither
WEAK
be ablaze reduce to ashes set a match to
Antonyms
STRONGEST
extinguish freeze put out
WEAK
cool quench smother stifle subdue

Example Sentences

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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

The mode of preparation is to calcine the gypsum at temperatures which depend on the class of cement to be produced.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

Some vanners calcine their samples before commencing to van.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

I saw another at work to calcine ice into gunpowder, who likewise showed me a treatise he had written concerning the 'Malleability of Fire,' which he intended to publish.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

Filter this off, wash with hot water, dry, calcine, treat with a little nitric acid, ignite, and weigh as copper oxide, CuO.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius