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  • verb Present participle of plasticize.

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Examples

  • Treating oils with hydrogen was akin to "plasticizing" them, she said.

    chron.com Chronicle 2009

  • And then the memory of the fellows who have been skinning human bodies and plasticizing their insides and putting them on display in action poses.

    'Poetry Is a Dumb-Ass Spider' 2010

  • And then the memory of the fellows who have been skinning human bodies and plasticizing their insides and putting them on display in action poses.

    'Poetry Is a Dumb-Ass Spider' 2010

  • Approximately 45% of total U.S. consumption of DEHP is for plasticizing various industrial and commercial products.

    Industrial uses of di(1,2-Ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 2008

  • Snarks Cosmo at Photoshop Disasters: "The great thing about L'Oréal's caucasianizing and plasticizing of Beyonce is the way that they will probably proudly point to it as an example of their inclusiveness and general political correctness."

    Impossibly Beautiful 2008

  • Snarks Cosmo at Photoshop Disasters: "The great thing about L'Oréal's caucasianizing and plasticizing of Beyonce is the way that they will probably proudly point to it as an example of their inclusiveness and general political correctness."

    Impossibly Beautiful 2008

  • Avoid plastic wrap; its plasticizing chemicals tend to migrate into fat-rich foods.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Avoid plastic wrap; its plasticizing chemicals tend to migrate into fat-rich foods.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • It has nothing to do with the plasticizing process, or with any of our control paradigms.

    The Sinister Six Combo Castro, Adam Troy 2001

  • Same as above; but preferably more of clay, especially one with good plasticizing properties

    4.1 Geological investigations 1993

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