Oxidized
['ɑksə,daɪz]
Definition
(adj.) combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen; 'the oxidized form of iodine' .
Editor: Yvonne--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Oxidize
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Examples
- The ammonia can in turn be oxidized to nitric acid, which is the basis of all explosives. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Thus, the positive plate becomes oxidized, and the negative plate reduced. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The carbon was lighted up to incandescence, and, of course, oxidized and disintegrated immediately. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- My face and back were streaked with yellow; the skin was thoroughly oxidized. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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