oxidizer

noun

ox·​i·​diz·​er ˈäk-sə-ˌdī-zər 

: oxidizing agent

especially : one used to support the combustion of a rocket propellant

Examples of oxidizer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

SpaceX plans to do this by launching a series of tankers, or Starship vehicles designed to carry batches of fuel and oxidizer. —Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 19 June 2025

Into this chamber is introduced a propellant mix of fuel and oxidizer that is detonated to produce a supersonic shock wave that travels in a circle around the chamber, compressing and consuming the unburnt propellant. —David Szondy may 25, New Atlas, 25 May 2025

This is sustained by the injection of fuel and oxidizer and produces a shockwave that travels outward at supersonic speed. —Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025

Gilmour's Eris rocket is made of three stages powered by hybrid engines consuming a solid fuel and a liquid oxidizer. —Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for oxidizer

• advertiser
• analyser
• analyzer
• appetizer
• atomizer
• breathalyzer
• colonizer
• crystallizer
• digitizer
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• fertilizer
• localizer