Meaning & use
benzine
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A flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons distilled from petroleum, historically used as a solvent and cleaning fluid.
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Old dry-cleaning processes sometimes used benzine to remove grease stains.
Benzine was once common as an industrial solvent before safer alternatives were developed.
A note on using this word
Not the same as "benzene," a specific chemical compound; the two terms are sometimes confused.
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