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oxidize
transitive verb
1
: to combine with oxygen
2
: to dehydrogenate especially by the action of oxygen
3
: to change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence : remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)
intransitive verb
: to become oxidized
— ox·i·diz·able \-ˌdī-zə-bəl\
 adjective
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