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to oxidize
01
to combine with oxygen, often changing the appearance or properties of a material
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
oxidize
3rd person singular
oxidizes
Present participle
oxidizing
Past simple
oxidized
Past participle
oxidized
Examples
Iron can oxidize when exposed to air and moisture, forming rust.
02
to cause a chemical reaction in which a substance loses electrons
Transitive: to oxidize a substance
Examples
In the reaction between hydrogen sulfide and chlorine gas, hydrogen sulfide is oxidized to form sulfur and hydrochloric acid.
Lexical Tree
deoxidize
oxidizable
oxidized
oxidize
oxide
