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Verb: carbonize  'kaa(r)-bu`nIz
  1. Unite with carbon
    "carbonize metal"
    - carbonise [Brit], carburize, carburise [Brit]
     
  2. Turn into carbon, as by burning
    "carbonize coal"
    - carbonise [Brit]

Derived forms: carbonizes, carbonizing, carbonized

See also: carbon, carbonic, carbonization

Type of: change state, turn