oxidize
verb (used with object)
to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
unoxidizable
-
a word derived from
oxidize.
Example Sentences
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All nutritive substances fall into two classes: the one serves for the repair of the unoxidizable constituents of the body, the other is destined to replace the oxidizable.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 by Various
