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oxidize

transitive verb oxidized, oxidizing

  1. to unite with oxygen, as in burning or rusting
  2. to increase the positive valence or decrease the negative valence of (an element or ion)
  3. to remove electrons from (an atom or ion)

intransitive verb

to become oxidized

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