CIDE DICTIONARY
vulcanize, v. t.
To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization. [1913 Webster]
Vulcanized fiber, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. Knight. -- Vulcanized rubber, India rubber, vulcanized.
THESAURUS
vulcanize
blaze, blister, brand, burn, burn in, burn off, cast, cauterize, char, coal, crack, cupel, elasticize, flame, found, oxidate, oxidize, parch, pyrolyze, rubber, rubberize, scorch, sear, singe, solder, swinge, torrefy, vesicate, weld