MEANING
To give atoms or molecules a net electrical charge by changing their electron balance.
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Words that belong together
- ionize a gas
- ionized particles
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The discharge ionized the gas in the tube.
Radiation can ionize molecules in exposed tissue.
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Word forms
- Base
- ionize
- Past tense
- ionized
- Past participle
- ionized
- Present participle
- ionizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- ionize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are ionizing
- Present perfect
- have/has ionized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been ionizing
- Past
- ionized
- Past continuous
- was/were ionizing
- Past perfect
- had ionized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been ionizing
- Future
- will ionize
- Future continuous
- will be ionizing
- Future perfect
- will have ionized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been ionizing
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: ionize; ionizes; ionized; ionized; ionizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: ionizes.
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