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carbonize

[kahr-buh-nahyz] / ˈkɑr bəˌnaɪz /
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char
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With the right equipment, we all have the ability to sous vide, slap chop, air fry, spiralize, carbonize and even slice our own bananas.

From Salon Jan. 29, 2014

Empyreu�ma, the smell arising from organic matter when subjected to the action of fire, but not enough to carbonize it entirely.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

When the dust thus produced begins to carbonize, the pressure and velocity are increased.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various

He began to carbonize everything in nature that he could lay hands on.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis

Of course, the method employed to carbonize the materials is suspectible of variation, but the scientific principles involved are unchangeable, viz.:

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various

His winning edge was the carbonized bamboo filament he pioneered shortly after his initial 1879 breakthrough, providing the longevity needed to turn a novelty into a utility.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

Later, she drives through a part of the forest that burned the year before to see “mile upon mile of carbonized trees and denuded earth, a now-familiar scene of extinguished life.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2025

"The peculiar preservation of Tridentinosaurus had puzzled experts for decades. Now, it all makes sense. What it was described as carbonized skin, is just paint."

From Science Daily Feb. 16, 2024

“When you see black, that means it is charred, burned; it’s carbonized, and we have a big problem,” he says.

From Scientific American Aug. 15, 2023

The carbonized carrots at the very bottom were hard and dry, too.

From The Water Eater by Marks, Winston K.

Dodds process, the, for carbonizing the heads of iron rails, 186.

From Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Van Dyke, John Charles

They need the weight of carbonizing years; Yet, how they glitter after these have past!

From Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation by Richmond, Hiram Hoyt

This system shows a greater economy in the cost of carbonizing the coal, but the large outlay and the wear and tear of the mechanical appliances involved have so far prevented its very general adoption.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

All Liberty camshafts were cooled slowly from carbonizing heat and hardened by a single reheating to a temperature of from 1,380 to 1,430°F. and quenching in water.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

Carbon with its extremely high melting-point had long attracted attention and in 1879 Edison produced a carbon filament by carbonizing a strip of paper.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew




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