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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

The generality of cooks calcine bones, till they are as black as a coal, and throw them hissing hot into the stew-pan, to give a brown colour to their broths.

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William

Lavoisier concluded that to calcine tin is to cause it to combine with a portion of the air wherein it is calcined.

From The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry by Muir, M. M. Pattison

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

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