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 Black and oolong teas are not roasted, but oxidized to bring out different aromas. — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Black Tea Black tea is fermented (oxidized). — Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 24 June 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 Enstatite chondrites are the least oxidized chondrites, carbonaceous ones are the most oxidized, and ordinary chondrites have an intermediate oxidation level. — Javier Barbuzano, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026

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What remains that haven’t been scavenged have decomposed to the point where DNA analysis is difficult and all but useless in Gaza, where there are no functioning laboratories able to test and compare samples.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Remains of dogs too decomposed to be recovered were also found in the same field, the sheriff's office said.

— Jose Fabian, CBS News, 27 June 2026

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Flights in early 2025, though, ended in a series of failures including two in which the Starship upper stage disintegrated in a fiery cascade of debris across the skies visible from Florida and the Caribbean.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026
In the two-thousands, after the State disintegrated, Wain and two other members, Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black, formed the trio Stella, which helped define New York’s downtown alt-comedy scene.

— Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 July 2026

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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
What better time than the summer of the nation’s 250th anniversary of independence to reflect on how Trump’s years of lying have corroded the citizenry’s essential belief in the integrity of elections?

— Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 19 June 2026

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At the height of Venezuela’s earthquake response, as rescue crews searched crumbled and flattened buildings for signs of life, one worker named Tsunami was supposed to be taking a rare break in the shade.

— Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026
With the mountain of new evidence presented by the prosecution during this week’s hearings, those theories have effectively crumbled.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

Definition of crumbled

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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
But since sitting vacant, the property has decayed and listed in city property records as unoccupiable.

— Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez, Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2026

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