Definition of oxidizer
:oxidizing agent;
especially
:one used to support the combustion of a rocket propellant
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A sulfur thermal oxidizer, which captures and burns sulfur dioxide, was damaged at the Beaumont refinery.
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At the company's Beaumont petrochemical refinery, Harvey damaged a sulfur thermal oxidizer, a piece of equipment that captures and burns sulfur dioxide.
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At the company's Beaumont petrochemical refinery, Harvey damaged a sulfur thermal oxidizer, a piece of equipment that captures and burns sulfur dioxide.
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The SSMEs would draw liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer from the ET.
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First Known Use of oxidizer
1850
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