(chemistry, transitive) To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide. / (chemistry) To increase the valence (or the positive charge) of an element by removing electrons.

(chemistry) An oxidizing agent, especially one used to oxidize the fuel of a rocket or a fuel cell.

plural of oxidizer

simple past tense and past participle of oxidize

That has reacted with oxygen, or been modified by oxidation

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxidize

(chemistry) A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.

The combination of a substance with oxygen. / (chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the element increases.

(chemistry) Of, relating to, or produced by oxidation.

an oxidizing agent