vulcanize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

vulcanize
    v 1: undergo vulcanization; "vulcanize rubber" [syn:
         {vulcanize}, {vulcanise}]
    2: subject to vulcanization; "vulcanized rubber" [syn:
       {vulcanize}, {vulcanise}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Vulcanize \Vul"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vulcanized}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Vulcanizing}.]
   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.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "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