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Verb oxidizes, oxidizing, oxidized
oxidize - add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
		oxidise, oxidate
		deoxidise, deoxidize, reduce to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
		chemical science, chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
		catabolise, catabolize subject to catabolism
		oxidate, oxidise, oxidize enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide; "This metal oxidizes easily"
		rust become coated with oxide
		breathe draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
oxidize - enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide; "This metal oxidizes easily"
		oxidise, oxidate
		change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
		rust become coated with oxide

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oxidize (Verb)
To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.
oxidize (Verb)
To increase the valence or the positive charge of an element by removing electrons.
oxidize (Verb)
To coat something with an oxide.
oxidize (Verb)
To become oxidized.

oxidize (v. t.)
To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent.
oxidize (v. t.)
To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid.
oxidize (v. t.)
To remove hydrogen from (anything), as by the action of oxygen; as, to oxidize alcohol so as to form aldehyde.
oxidize (v. t.)
To subject to the action of oxygen or of an oxidizing agent, so as to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous compound to an -ic compound; as, to oxidize mercurous chloride to mercuric chloride.