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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Carbonized p. pr. & vb. n. Carbonizing. ] [ Cf. F. carboniser. ] 1. To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Decarbonized p. pr. & vb. n. Decarbonizing. ] To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron. --
Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance. [ 1913 Webster ]