Oxidant

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  • noun. A substance that oxidizes another substance; an oxidizing agent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An oxidizing agent; a substance which yields up oxygen readily to other bodies.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. an oxidizing agent
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a substance that oxidizes another substance
  • Word Usage
    "Antioxidants are molecules which can safely interact with free radicals and terminate the chain reaction before vital molecules are damaged, and green tea has EGCG as an anti-oxidant which is found to be 100 times more effective than vitamin C, 25 times more effective than Vitamin E and twice as powerful as its peers!"