ionize

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Verb (usu participle)
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i=on=ize

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb ionize has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

ionizev. i. 
     to dissociate into ions, as by dissolution in water or another polar solvent.  [WordNet 1.5]
ionizev. t. 
     To convert (an atom or molecule) into ions, e. g. by dissolving in water, by reaction with acid or alkali, or by interaction with ionizing radiation. See ionization.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ionize, v.tr. & intr. (also -ise) convert or be converted into an ion or ions.

Idiom
ionizing radiation a radiation of sufficient energy to cause ionization in the medium through which it passes.
Derivative
ionizable adj.

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