noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
carbonization; charring
Technical term for the process of converting organic material into carbon or charcoal, often through heating in the absence of air. Also used more broadly for charring or burning to a blackened state.
木材を炭化させて炭を作る。
Wood is carbonized to make charcoal.
火事で建物が炭化した。
The building was charred in the fire.