ionize
verb (used with object)
to separate or change into ions.
ionizes
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present tense formof ionize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In the middle of the BioCharger, within the geometric, connected plates of glass, is a Tesla coil, which ionizes the surrounding 12 glass tubes that hold six noble gases, the gases in the earth’s atmosphere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Either electrical current from divertors or from microwaves ionizes the gas, igniting an electrically charged plasma ring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
That atom then stabilizes itself by pulling an electron from a nearby atom, while the released energy ionizes a third neighbor.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026
They discovered fluorescent light from oxygen atoms, known as OII, that typically occurs when ultraviolet light from bright young stars ionizes oxygen in surrounding gas clouds.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 8, 2024
The retrogression gun ionizes animal tissue, nerve cells particularly.
From Forget Me Nearly by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
