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sulfurize

sulfurize verb: to treat or react with sulfur or sulfur dioxide.

Verb

sulfurize (third-person singular simple present sulfurizes, present participle sulfurizing, simple past and past participle sulfurized)

  1. To treat or react with sulfur or sulfur dioxide.

Synonyms of sulfurize

Forms of sulfurize

third-person singular presentsulfurizes
present participlesulfurizing
past participlesulfurized
pastsulfurized

Origin of sulfurize

From sulfur + -ize.

Words formed from sulfurize

Questions about sulfurize

What does sulfurize mean?
Sulfurize means to treat or react with sulfur or sulfur dioxide.
What part of speech is sulfurize?
Sulfurize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sulfurize?
The past tense of sulfurize is sulfurized.

Words near sulfurize in the dictionary

  1. sulfurises
  2. sulfurising
  3. sulfurity
  4. sulfurization
  5. sulfurizations
  6. sulfurize
  7. sulfurized
  8. sulfurizes
  9. sulfurizing
  10. sulfurless
  11. sulfurlike

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