OXIDIZED Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

oxidized

verb

past tense of oxidize

as in decomposed

to combine chemically with oxygen Iron will oxidize if it is exposed to air and moisture.

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Recent Examples of oxidized First, the continuous scouring action of the water jet removes slag and oxidized sputtering residues, producing a clean processing interface with smooth inner walls and vertical groove profiles. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026 The other is methemoglobinemia, a condition where hemoglobin is oxidized into a form that can’t release oxygen to tissue. — Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The leaves used to make green tea are not oxidized during processing. — Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 3 Aug. 2026 DeRosa highlighted aubergine, rust, terra-cotta, burgundy, and oxidized earth tones. — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026 The palettes are often chalky and austere—bleached grays, oxidized browns—and the subject matter can blur into undifferentiated bulk. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 23 June 2026 Now iconic green, the statue was copper-colored for around 30 years until the metal had oxidized. — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 1 June 2026 Green tea undergoes minimal oxidation, resulting in its fresh taste, while black tea is fully oxidized, producing a bolder flavor. — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 12 May 2026 Coffee beans that have oxidized can grow stale, and stale coffee beans aren’t likely to result in a delicious pot of coffee. — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 2 May 2026

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The coins were originally buried together in a container made of organic material that has since decomposed, archaeologists believe.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Many of the children's bodies were severely decomposed, with only 26 able to be identified, and investigations into the other deaths are ongoing.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of decomposed

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Photographic evidence In photos and videos captured by the divers and seen by CNN, the plane appears embedded in the seafloor, rusted and covered in barnacles, as could be expected after decades under water.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Paint has worn off and the metal underneath is rusted on the 1,092-foot warship, which is one of the largest in the world.

— Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026

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The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry because of a piece of foam that the astronaut estimates might have weighed about as much as a Styrofoam container.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
The faction that had a chokehold on the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) roster for quite some time completely disintegrated in recent weeks leading to all four male members getting into a match for Mustafa Ali’s TNA International Championship.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of disintegrated

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One of its major objectives was to provoke Western states into attacking their own democracies, in a kind of auto-immune response to terrorism, in which the effort to defend the political body corroded it from within.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
After 3,000 drops, roughly equivalent to an afternoon of moderate rain, the copper plate beneath all four surfaces had corroded, despite its Teflon coating.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of corroded

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And in 2024, a huge chunk of cliffside near the road collapsed, with onlookers sprinting from the edge as the ground crumbled.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Erin Zapcic, 43, a Medieval Times monarch who reigned for 13 years before her dynasty crumbled, leaned against her 2016 Mazda 3 and studied the concrete castle across the road.

— Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of crumbled

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The resulting collisions formed excited compound nuclei that decayed through multiple gamma-ray steps.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
In order to have aqueous alteration there needs to be some internal heating [usually via radioactive elements] and if something forms later than everything else then there will be less heat [since many of the radioactive elements will have already decayed].

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026

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