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oxidizing
Variant of oxidize
transitive verb oxidized, oxidizing
- to unite with oxygen, as in burning or rusting
- to increase the positive valence or decrease the negative valence of (an element or ion)
- to remove electrons from (an atom or ion)
intransitive verb
to become oxidized
Related Forms:
- oxidizable adjective
- oxidizer noun
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