oxidize , also: oxidise BrE

The main part of alcohol is oxidized in the human body.

Along with this, other components of your hair are also oxidized.

The one American present found the wine faded and oxidized.

It is oxidized when heated at 600 C in air.

They are also oxidizing agents and should be kept away from metal.

We take in fuel and oxidize it, using the heat as our source of power.

The other half of the reaction is the substance being oxidized.

Over a period of years, the paint surface slowly oxidizes.

The metal can also oxidize to a fine powder in a fire.

It has the benefit of being able to oxidize most organic matter.

It is used to oxidize many chemicals, such as alcohol.

Over time, the metal is likely to oxidize and you will have to polish it again.

It was dark, oxidized and not good at all.

"She wants it to dry natural, or her dye job will oxidize."

This gold was red and heavily oxidized like dark copper.

The dye is allowed to oxidize before the next dip.

But, some gases can oxidize one substance and reduce another.

That oxidizes the wine, making for what he says is a less harsh drink.

It does not oxidize any more than the oxide layer.

This prevents the body from oxidizing food to produce useful energy.

One of water's elements is being oxidized - losing electrons.

What is the safest way to keep food in the refrigerator without being oxidized?

It can be used up to 1100 C in oxidizing atmospheres.

It takes a long time for these metals to oxidize."

That would be enough to oxidize all the junk on the inside walls, and turn it to gas.

They oxidise glucose to produce energy that the cell can use.

They then oxidise the metal to a higher positive oxidation state.

Instead, the allow castings were starting to oxidise in some places.

Its main function is to oxidise the Cytochrome c protein.

Others take free ammonium and oxidise it to nitrate.

In chemical terms they oxidise the water.

The worm forms a symbiosis with certain bacteria which can oxidise sulphides.

Unfortunately, it will not oxidise our food.

Silicone-based makeups are less likely to oxidise or change colour during wear.

Many of the boranes readily oxidise on contact with air, some violently.

However, once opened, the fatty acids in the grain's germ will start to oxidise and become rancid.

The wine-must has tendency to oxidise quickly, a characteristic that can be ignored when used for sherry production.

It is easy to oxidise them to sulfoxides and then sulfones.

It has also been predicted to be more difficult to oxidise copernicium from its neutral state than the other group 12 elements.

The "Indian Red" paint as produced in the railway's workshop and tended to oxidise over time.

So, says Daedalus, a road surfaced with catalytic material should oxidise the surface of his tyres.

Oxygen can just get into the pocket and bind to the iron but, due partly to the absence of water, can't oxidise it.

Many materials which are commonly known to oxidise can generate a dust explosion, such as coal, sawdust, and magnesium.

It can oxidise gold to its highest-known oxidation state, +5:

It takes a minimum of twelve hours exposure to air to oxidise the toxin and render it harmless.

Oxygen present in the atmosphere is used to oxidise a fuel source, typically a hydrocarbon-based jet fuel.

Magnesium powder and shavings are pyrophoric (they oxidise rapidly when exposed to the air).

It has been shown to be able to oxidise wood δ-resveratrol into delta-viniferin.

Beneficial anaerobic filter bacteria require oxygen to oxidise nitrites to safer nitrates.