- to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere by the activities of (a household, industry, country, etc.): Our expertise is in designing new ways to decarbonize our economy, using solar energy and renewable carbon to replace fossil fuels.
- decarburize.
- to reduce the carbon output of the activities of a household, industry, country, etc.: The world is not decarbonizing fast enough to reach global climate targets.
- to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
