acidify
verb (used with or without object)
acidifies
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present tense formof acidify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately, as CO2 emissions increase, it acidifies the ocean, which can make it less hospitable for life.
From Salon ● May 21, 2025
Too much nitrogen acidifies the ground, which reduces the amount of nutrients for plants and trees.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
Kungfu Kitchen does Shanghai soup dumplings, too, paired with a black-vinegar-and-syrup dipping sauce, which fortifies and acidifies the delicate broth that explodes from the dough walls on the first bite.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2021
Meanwhile, a growing shipping fleet continues to introduce noise and collide with large whales, persistent pollutants accumulate in the food web, the ocean acidifies, etc.; the list goes on.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2020
As often is the case in Peele’s work, comedy underlines the unease and acidifies into social critique, as when the nervous flyer approaches a couple of turbaned fellows who have not stowed their electronic devices.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 29, 2019
