Antonyms of verb deoxidize

1 sense of deoxidize

Sense 1
deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce -- (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 electrons)
       Antonym of oxidize (Sense 2)
      => oxidize, oxidise, oxidate -- (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb deoxidize

1 sense of deoxidize

Sense 1
deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce -- (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 electrons)
       => 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")

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