"dasherize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dasherizes [present, singular, third-person], dasherizing [participle, present], dasherized [participle, past], dasherized [past]
Etymology: From dash and -ize. Etymology templates: {{m|en|dash}} dash, {{m|en|-ize}} -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} dasherize (third-person singular simple present dasherizes, present participle dasherizing, simple past and past participle dasherized)
  1. (programming, informal) To convert (a string) to use hyphens as word separators. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Programming

Inflected forms

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