oxidize

Because the process of nuclear fission does not burn or oxidize anything, nearly all the fuel used in producing energy at nuclear plants becomes waste without reducing its mass.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2024

These, Borduas-Dedekind explains, oxidize in the air, forming larger molecules that can easily absorb water and form clouds.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 16, 2024

Even more intriguing beyond this NIR-II luminescence from a molecular manganese system is the observation that after photoexcitation the "molecular Braunstein" can oxidize various organic substrates.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024

Over time, the shiny brass exterior will oxidize, giving the pencil holder a vintage, worn-in feel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

Perhaps there is an exotic inorganic chemistry in the Martian soil that is able by itself, in the absence of Martian microbes, to oxidize foodstuffs.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

When olive oil is exposed to fluctuations in temperature, light and air, which oxidizes the oil to its detriment, its quality diminishes.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025

The final improved enzyme does not directly cleave the silicon-carbon bond but rather oxidizes a methyl group in the siloxanes in two sequential steps.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2024

Food is an organic compound: it congeals, runs, discolors and oxidizes over time and because of the conditions in the kitchen you’re shooting in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

A green, fuzzy coating grows on it as its surface oxidizes.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 20, 2023

"Over time, it partly oxidizes, which keeps providing sites for nutrients to bind to."

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

In the book, readers encounter an alien species with a shell made of oxidized minerals, mercury blood, two circulatory systems, steam-powered muscles, and a crystal brain.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

They don’t have coffee, but they do have Jeju Island–grown “Regenerative Organic-Certified” black tea oxidized as matcha.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

“I was talking about stale, oxidized matcha powder, but I completely get that it came off a very wrong way. I chose the wrong words and I really apologize for that.”

From Salon ● May 17, 2025

"We always thought if the tantalum is oxidized, it becomes completely amorphous, with no crystalline order at all," said Liu.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024

While many of the clocks are wood, this one is predominantly dark, oxidized metal.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

And a 2016 US government study found perchlorate, an oxidizing agent used in fireworks, had made its way into groundwater and surface water around Mount Rushmore National Memorial, which holds annual July 4 shows.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

They found that adding dimethylammonium formate, or DMAFo, to the perovskite solution before coating could prevent the materials from oxidizing.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024

There, parked in a driveway at the rear of a home, is an odd-looking, flat-nosed, miniature-size pickup, rust holes here and there, its red paint oxidizing.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

In her visually complex raku-fired pieces at Craft Contemporary, she embraces the oxidizing of glazes and leaves imprints of her hands in the clay, emphasizing the collaboration between herself and the material.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

The transition to an oxidizing atmosphere posed a supreme crisis in the history of life, and a great many organisms, unable to cope with oxygen, perished.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan