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

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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

Those chains, e'en when they seem than diamond harder, Soften, calcine, and fall like dust away, Touched by the burning finger of ambition.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

The mode of preparation is to calcine the gypsum at temperatures which depend on the class of cement to be produced.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

Uncover and calcine the residue, cool and weigh.

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

Decant on to a Swedish filter paper, dry and calcine.

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

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