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causticize

causticize verb: to make caustic.

Verb

causticize (third-person singular simple present causticizes, present participle causticizing, simple past and past participle causticized)

  1. (transitive) To make caustic.

Forms of causticize

third-person singular presentcausticizes
present participlecausticizing
past participlecausticized
pastcausticized

Origin of causticize

From caustic + -ize.

Words formed from causticize

Questions about causticize

What does causticize mean?
Causticize means to make caustic.
What part of speech is causticize?
Causticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of causticize?
The past tense of causticize is causticized.

Words near causticize in the dictionary

  1. causticisms
  2. causticities
  3. causticity
  4. causticization
  5. causticizations
  6. causticize
  7. causticized
  8. causticizer
  9. causticizers
  10. causticizes
  11. causticizing

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