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peroxide

About 2.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.
  2. noun Hydrogen peroxide, especially when in an aqueous solution used as a bleach.
  3. noun Any compound containing the functional group R-O-O-R'.
  4. verb To treat (something) with hydrogen peroxide, especially hair in order to bleach it.

Similar words

hydrogen peroxide oxygen hydrogen carbamide decomposers decolorizer whitener bleach oxidizer oxidant

Often followed by

of and is in to or solution as was

Word family

peroxided peroxides peroxidic peroxiding

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