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oxidizing

verb , present participle of oxidize

Synonyms and Antonyms of oxidizing

to combine chemically with oxygen

Iron will oxidize if it is exposed to air and moisture.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of oxidizing

corroding, reacting, rusting

biting (at), eating, eroding, fretting, gnawing, nibbling

crumbling, declining, degenerating, descending, deteriorating, dilapidating, sinking, withering

breaking down, corrupting, decaying, decomposing, disintegrating, festering, fouling, moldering, molding, perishing [chiefly British], putrefying, rotting, spoiling

souring, turning, turning off [British]

contaminating, defiling, polluting, tainting

addling, curdling, fermenting

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of oxidizing

aging (or ageing), developing, growing, maturing, ripening

refreshing, renewing, restoring

cleansing, purifying

assembling, composing, integrating

ameliorating, bettering, improving, meliorating

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