devulcanize

To treat vulcanized rubber with processes designed to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.

Verb

  1. To treat vulcanized rubber with processes designed to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.

Origin

From de- + vulcanize.

Forms

devulcanizes devulcanizing devulcanized

Derived

devulcanizer

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