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vitrify

[vi-truh-fahy] / ˈvɪ trəˌfaɪ /
VERB
glaze
Synonyms
STRONGEST
coat rub
STRONG
buff burnish cover enamel furbish glance glass gloss incrust overlay polish shine
WEAK
make lustrous make vitreous
Antonyms
STRONG
dull reveal
WEAK
strip
VERB
harden
Synonyms
STRONG
amalgamate anneal bake brace buttress cake calcify callous cement close clot coagulate compact congeal consolidate contract crystallize curdle dry firm fix fortify fossilize freeze gird indurate jell nerve ossify petrify precipitate press reinforce set settle solidify starch steel stiffen strengthen temper thicken toughen
WEAK
densify
Antonyms
STRONG
continue dilute discourage dishearten disjoin dissolve dissuade divide enlarge flex hurt let go liquefy loosen melt open separate soften thin unfix unsettle upset weaken
WEAK
be intolerant indulge spoil
VERB
indurate
Synonyms
STRONG
acclimate acclimatize amalgamate anneal bake brace buttress cake calcify callous cement close clot coagulate compact concrete congeal consolidate contract crystallize curdle dry firm fix fortify fossilize freeze gird jell nerve ossify petrify precipitate press reinforce season set settle solidify starch steel stiffen strengthen temper thicken toughen
WEAK
caseharden densify
Antonyms
STRONG
continue dilute discourage dishearten disjoin dissolve dissuade divide enlarge flex hurt let go liquefy loosen melt open separate soften thin unfix unsettle upset weaken

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DOE’s Savannah River, S.C., site began operating a facility to vitrify less complex radioactive waste in 1996.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024

Last October, the first of two melters used to actually vitrify the waste became active, with the second melter scheduled to launch this spring.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024

The process to vitrify waste at Hanford is highly complex and involves multiple steps.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024

Initially, the vitrification plant will glassify the least radioactive waste in the tanks, with plans still being made to vitrify the high-level radioactive tank waste.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

Blowpipe, a contrivance by which a current of air is driven through a flame, and the flame directed upon some fusible substance to fuse or vitrify it.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.