ionize
verb (used with object)
to separate or change into ions.
ionise
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a variation of
ionize.
Example Sentences
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As the grains heat up and ionise, they produce the light we can see with the trail produced as the meteor cools and fades.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
The light this interaction creates is what we can see as the grains heat up and ionise.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Ionisation-based systems use a tiny amount of radioactive material to charge, or ionise, particles in the air which flow between two small plates.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
They dissolved these parts in an acid bath so as to ionise the metals.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
Helium which is chemically one of the most inert of the elements, is, when possessed of such great kinetic energy, able to penetrate and ionise the atoms which it meets in its path.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
