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deoxidizing

[dee-ok-si-dahyz]

de·ox·i·dize

[dee-ok-si-dahyz]
verb (used with object), -dized, -diz·ing. Chemistry.
to remove oxygen from, especially by reducing an oxide.
Also, especially British, de·ox·i·dise.


Origin:
1760–70; de- + oxidize

de·ox·i·di·za·tion, noun
de·ox·i·diz·er, noun
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