To make something acidic or to treat it with acid.
From acid (Latin acidus, sour) + -ize (Greek suffix meaning to make or become). The term emerged in chemistry during the 19th century to describe the process of converting substances into acidic form.
This word is crucial in industrial chemistry—acidizing is used to dissolve rocks in oil wells and increase productivity, turning geological science into energy extraction on a massive scale.
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