decarbonize
📖 Definitions
verb tr., intr.
1. To reduce or remove carbon emissions by curtailing the use of fossil fuels.
verb tr.
2. To remove carbon deposits from something, such as an internal combustion engine.
💬 Usage Examples
“We could decarbonize. Clean the air till it squeaked. Quit coal and oil and gas, and plant trees where the companies had ripped up the land.” Premee Mohamed; The Void Ascendant; Rebellion Publishing; 2022. “He wants his plugs decarbonized.
No doubt this is a shock to you.” P.G. Wodehouse; Right Ho, Jeeves; Herbert Jenkins; 1934.