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devulcanize

devulcanize verb: to treat vulcanized rubber with processes designed to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.

Verb

devulcanize (third-person singular simple present devulcanizes, present participle devulcanizing, simple past and past participle devulcanized)

  1. (transitive) To treat vulcanized rubber with processes designed to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.

Forms of devulcanize

third-person singular presentdevulcanizes
present participledevulcanizing
past participledevulcanized
pastdevulcanized

Origin of devulcanize

From de- + vulcanize.

Words formed from devulcanize

Questions about devulcanize

What does devulcanize mean?
Devulcanize means to treat vulcanized rubber with processes designed to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.
What part of speech is devulcanize?
Devulcanize is a verb.
What is the past tense of devulcanize?
The past tense of devulcanize is devulcanized.

Words near devulcanize in the dictionary

  1. devulcanise
  2. devulcanised
  3. devulcanises
  4. devulcanising
  5. devulcanization
  6. devulcanize
  7. devulcanized
  8. devulcanizer
  9. devulcanizers
  10. devulcanizes
  11. devulcanizing

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