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carbonization

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car·bon·i·za·tion  (kärb-n-zshn)
n.
1. The process of carbonizing.
2. The destructive distillation of bituminous coal, done in the absence of air in order to obtain coke and other fractions having a greater percentage of carbon than the original material.
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Noun1.carbonization - the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
carbonisation
destructive distillation - heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products
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