acidize
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Alternative formsEdit
- acidise (UK)
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
acidize (third-person singular simple present acidizes, present participle acidizing, simple past and past participle acidized)
- To impregnate with acid; acidify.
- (petroleum geology) To treat (a limestone or sandstone formation) with HCl or HF to enlarge void spaces in it.