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phlegmatize

phlegmatize verb: to render an explosive less sensitive to causes of explosion by adding phlegmatizers.

Verb

phlegmatize (third-person singular simple present phlegmatizes, present participle phlegmatizing, simple past and past participle phlegmatized)

  1. To render an explosive less sensitive to causes of explosion by adding phlegmatizers.

Forms of phlegmatize

third-person singular presentphlegmatizes
present participlephlegmatizing
past participlephlegmatized
pastphlegmatized

Words formed from phlegmatize

Questions about phlegmatize

What does phlegmatize mean?
Phlegmatize means to render an explosive less sensitive to causes of explosion by adding phlegmatizers.
What part of speech is phlegmatize?
Phlegmatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of phlegmatize?
The past tense of phlegmatize is phlegmatized.

Words near phlegmatize in the dictionary

  1. phlegmatique
  2. phlegmatism
  3. phlegmatist
  4. phlegmatists
  5. phlegmatization
  6. phlegmatize
  7. phlegmatized
  8. phlegmatizer
  9. phlegmatizers
  10. phlegmatizes
  11. phlegmatizing

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