carbonize

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After removal from this medium, the agate is well washed and then digested for a short time in sulphuric acid, which entering the pores chars or carbonizes the absorbed sugar or oil.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

A piece of cork placed near the end of the platinum tube, where the gas is evolved, immediately carbonizes and inflames.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 by Various

Otherwise, the heat dries and carbonizes the wood.

From If You're Going to Live in the Country by Lieberman, Frank

All the merit of the friture is derived from the surprise, or the invasion of the boiling liquid which carbonizes or burns at the very instant of immersion of the body placed in it.

From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette

The action of the hot fat at once so carbonizes the surface of what you wish to fry, and prevents the soaking of the fat.

From A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery by Corson, Juliet