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anneal, anneals, annealing, annealed (verb forms)
1. The process of making glass, metal, or alloy less brittle by exposing it to heat and then to being cooled.
2. To subject glass or metal to a process of heating and then slow cooling in order to toughen and to reduce brittleness.
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