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deoxygenize

American

[dee-ok-si-juh-nahyz] / diˈɒk sɪ dʒəˌnaɪz /

especially British, deoxygenise

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.

deoxygenized, deoxygenizing

deoxygenate.

Other Word Forms

deoxygenization

noun

Etymology

Origin of deoxygenize

First recorded in 1880–85; de- + oxygenize

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deoxygenized deoxygenizing

Hastening towards him, I felt for the first time the deadly effect of the deoxygenized atmosphere, and before I reached him I fell first on one knee and then headlong.

From The Face and the Mask by Barr, Robert

It would be very much like deoxygenizing the air.

From If Not Silver, What? by Bookwalter, John W.

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