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phlegmatizing

phlegmatizing is the present participle and gerund of phlegmatize.

Meaning of phlegmatize

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.

Questions about phlegmatizing

What is phlegmatizing the present participle and gerund of?
Phlegmatizing is the present participle and gerund of phlegmatize.

Words near phlegmatizing in the dictionary

  1. phlegmatize
  2. phlegmatized
  3. phlegmatizer
  4. phlegmatizers
  5. phlegmatizes
  6. phlegmatizing
  7. phlegmatous
  8. phlegmier
  9. phlegmiest
  10. phlegmily
  11. phlegminess

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