chemicalize, v.
(ˈkɛmɪkəlaɪz)
[f. chemical a. + -ize.]
trans. To treat with a chemical or chemicals; to make much use of chemicals in. Also fig. So ˌchemicaliˈzation; ˈchemicalized ppl. a.
| 1902 Clarion 17 Oct. 1 If this change is produced in milk by chemicalising it, in the case of chemicalised meats, also, a similar result must follow. Ibid., Milk,..if consumed soon after chemicalisation, may produce a mild..attack of suffering. 1907 Lancet 25 May 1443/1 The Chemicalised Road [the calcium chloride treatment of roads]. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 113 Flat-chested, crop-headed, chemicalised women, of indeterminate sex. 1964 Economist 18 Jan. 193/1 The ‘chemicalisation of agriculture’. |