oxidize
verb (used with object)
to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
have oxidized
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present perfectof oxidize.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The orange hue indicated that the lunar material may have oxidized, or rusted.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition to this, careful experiments have proved very conclusively that linseed oil films, even after they have oxidized and hardened, have the power to a certain extent of absorbing water from the atmosphere.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
When the latter have oxidized ammonia to nitrite, however, the former step in and oxidize it still further to nitric acid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
