vulcanize

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) vulcanize

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) vulcanizes

Past tense (ya wuce) vulcanized

Past participle (ya wuce) vulcanized

Present participle (ana cikin yi) vulcanizing

1. (a tire) yi wa bakaneza / yi makaneza, yi liƙi.
2. (transitive) To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulphur to harden it and make it more durable.
3. (intransitive) To undergo such treatment.
   • 2012, Theodore Rochow, Resinography

     Natural rubber Template:... vulcanizes readily at the double bonds to give a strong cross-linked structure.

4. (transitive) To desertify or make (something, such as a landscape) xeric.