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peroxide

[ puh-rok-sahyd ]

noun

  1. Chemistry.
    1. hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 or H–O–O–H.
    2. a compound containing the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide, as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , or dimethyl peroxide, C 3 H 6 O 2 .
    3. the oxide of an element that contains an unusually large amount of oxygen.


verb (used with object)

, per·ox·id·ed, per·ox·id·ing.
  1. to use peroxide as a bleaching agent on (especially the hair).

peroxide

/ pəˈrɒksaɪd /

noun

  1. short for hydrogen peroxide, esp when used for bleaching hair
  2. any of a class of metallic oxides, such as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , that contain the divalent ion O-O
  3. not in technical usage any of certain dioxides, such as manganese peroxide, MnO 2 , that resemble peroxides in their formula but do not contain the O-O ion
  4. any of a class of organic compounds whose molecules contain two oxygen atoms bound together. They tend to be explosive
  5. modifier of, relating to, bleached with, or resembling peroxide
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to bleach (the hair) with peroxide
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

peroxide

/ pə-rŏksīd′ /

  1. A compound containing the group O 2 . Peroxides are strong oxidizers and are used as industrial bleaches. When any peroxide is combined with an acid, one of the products is hydrogen peroxide.
  2. Hydrogen peroxide.


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  • per·ox·id·ic [pur-ok-, sid, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of peroxide1

First recorded in 1795–1805; per- + oxide
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Example Sentences

Another option she suggests is a paste of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide, which you can apply to the stains and let it sit for an hour or two before scrubbing off.

A leading asthma patient group has issued a warning against an unproven coronavirus treatment circulating on social media that is leading some people to post videos of themselves breathing in hydrogen peroxide through a nebulizer.

Mercola offered documents that he claimed rebutted criticisms of hydrogen peroxide treatment and took issue with the Center for Countering Digital Hate’s methodology.

From Time

That’s why although UV lights are widely used to sanitize personal protection items in healthcare and lab settings, this method is often complemented by other disinfection processes, such as bleach or hydrogen peroxide.

Either will cause the hydrogen peroxide to break down very quickly.

Five years ago, she said, he tried to kill himself by ingesting ibuprofen and hydrogen peroxide.

Covering her peroxide blond bob was a knit cap that sprouted an enormous feather and lace from its frontal lobe.

When peroxide of manganese has been used, the manganese is also precipitated as oxide.

In the order of their assumed efficiency:—Moist peroxide of Iron.

Blood poisons interfering with the circulation in a purely physical manner, such as peroxide of hydrogen, ricine, abrine.

Certainly we might find somebody better than the peroxide blonde he now picks up in front of the moving picture palace.

Up to the time that story appeared, I had no idea as to what sort of creature the peroxide blonde might be.

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