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Oxidized

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Adjective

1. oxidised, oxidized

combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen

Example Sentences:
'the oxidized form of iodine'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Oxidized

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verb
1. 
to undergo or cause to undergo a chemical reaction with oxygen, as in formation of an oxide
2. 
to form or cause to form a layer of metal oxide, as in rusting
3. 
to lose or cause to lose hydrogen atoms
4. 
to undergo or cause to undergo a decrease in the number of electrons
Compare reduce (sense 12c)

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Oxidized

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈoxiˌdized or ˈoxiˌdizing
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)
verb intransitive
4. 
to become oxidized

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Oxidized

see synonyms of oxidized
v. ox·i·dized, ox·i·diz·ing, ox·i·diz·es
v.tr.
1. To combine with oxygen; make into an oxide.
2. To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
3. To coat with oxide.
v.intr.
To become oxidized.

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