semikilling means partial deoxidization of steel to avoid evolution of gas during solidification, but with some remaining carbon monoxide causing blowhole-type porosity. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
Etymology
From semi- + killing.
noun
- Partial deoxidization of steel to avoid evolution of gas during solidification, but with some remaining carbon monoxide causing blowhole-type porosity.