calcine

[kal-sahyn, -sin] / ˈkæl saɪn, -sɪn /

VERB

burn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blaze char heat ignite incinerate light melt scorch smolder torch

STRONG

bake brand broil cauterize combust conflagrate cook cremate enkindle flame flare flash flicker glow kindle parch rekindle roast scald sear singe toast wither

WEAK

be ablaze reduce to ashes set a match to

Antonyms

STRONGEST

extinguish freeze put out

WEAK

cool quench smother stifle subdue

Example Sentences

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Then it turns into calcine bone that’s grayish white and brittle with no organic matter.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Why not calcine the two along with him?

From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard

The disciples of Stahl, which till lately included the whole chemical world, believed in the identity of phlogiston in all bodies which would flame or calcine.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus

Filter this off, wash with hot water, dry, calcine, treat with a little nitric acid, ignite, and weigh as copper oxide, CuO.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

Heat gently with a Bunsen burner until the sulphur burns, and then calcine until no more sulphurous oxide comes off.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

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