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amor·phi·za·tion | \ ə-ˌmȯr-fə-ˈzā-shən 
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\Definition of amorphization
chemistry
: the act or process of making something structurally amorphous or of becoming structurally amorphous pressure-induced amorphization of crystals …— Russell J. Hemley et al., Physics Today, August 1998 The formation and growth of an amorphous metallic alloy by atomic transport in the solid state, or solid-state amorphization, is in fact ubiquitous.— Yang-Tse Cheng et al., Science, 27 Feb. 1987
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amorphize \ ə-ˈmȯr-ˌfīz \ transitive verb amorphized; amorphizing; amorphizes
\ transitive verb amorphized; amorphizing; amorphizes
Here I describe experiments probing this relationship for a form of crystalline ice … which is melted and amorphized by pressure. — Osamu Mishima, Nature, 12 Dec. 1996
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The first known use of amorphization was in 1915
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