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 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 Inside the cell, the coal particles are directly oxidized through an oxide membrane, producing an electrochemical reaction that generates electricity on the spot. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026

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The victim was so badly decomposed, the medical examiner couldn’t even estimate her age or ethnicity.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Its recruit and redeploy stages require roles decomposed into explicit tasks—making what AI can augment answerable task by task.

— Manu Khetan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of decomposed

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When the identities of the Customs and Border Protection agents who killed Alex Pretti in January were revealed as those of two Hispanic men, many people reacted with shock.

— Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
The fashion expert reacted to Brown’s claims on Thursday’s episode of Today With Jenna & Sheinelle.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026

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Then, the entire Soviet Union disintegrated, with all 15 republics breaking away, but in a peaceful process that Gorbachev hoped would lead to the creation of new democracies across Europe and Asia.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
It was revealed that the NFL quarterback’s relationship with the family had disintegrated over the years.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

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Olewack warns that older plumbing materials, such as cast iron, may be corroded and leaking, and that most homeowners choose to replace these older materials with PVC.

— Kamron Sanders, The Spruce, 18 July 2026
Meanwhile, reinforcing steel in the pool deck and street-level parking slabs were corroded in some areas, according to NIST.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026

Definition of corroded

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Hoyer and his front office watched as their pitching crumbled down the stretch last season.

— Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
State road officials on Saturday closed an exit on the Kennedy Expressway near Jefferson Park after part of a retaining wall crumbled.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 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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