| Verb | 1. | deoxidize - to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electronschemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" benficiate - subject to a reduction process; "benficiate ores" pole - deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole | |