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

I saw another at work to calcine ice into gunpowder, who likewise shewed me a treatise he had written concerning the malleability of fire, which he intended to publish.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

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

I saw another at work to calcine ice into gunpowder; who likewise showed me a treatise he had written concerning the malleability of fire, which he intended to publish.

From Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan

calcine

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