peroxide

[ US /pɝˈɑkˌsaɪd/ ]
[ UK /pəɹˈɒksa‍ɪd/ ]
VERB
  1. bleach with peroxide
    She must peroxide her hair-it looks unnaturally blond
NOUN
  1. a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels
  2. an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-
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How To Use peroxide In A Sentence

  • It’s supposed to contain something from this exotic melon called SOD or superoxide dismutase which is a protein also found in the melons of a good ole cantaloupe. Cindy Crawford Gets Extorted For Some Reason
  • Today, professional whitening techniques go to work on the tooth structure itself, using peroxide to oxidize and decolorize gray and yellow tooth pigments.
  • BARRY: This may be very difficult, because they're using HMTD, which is hexamethylene triperoxide diamine. CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2007
  • And I believe that when corrosive sublimate is slow in taking hold, alternate dressings of peroxide of hydrogen are just the thing. Chapter 15
  • I followed my cousin's instructions and put a combination of peroxide, lemon juice and Sun-In through my black hair.
  • Dry, brittle hair and split ends were the unfortunate consequence of years of dyeing it peroxide blond.
  • Thus diminution of prostacyclin production and stimulation of platelet aggregation both mediated by lipid peroxides could contribute to thrombosis on atheromatous plaques.
  • At one stage he seemed to become almost as well-known for his flamboyant dress sense - the wide-brimmed hats, the peroxide hair, the big owlish glasses - as for his paintings.
  • These liquids together form a very concentrated mixture of 10 percent hydroquinone and 28 percent hydrogen peroxide. Modern Science in the Bible
  • much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-
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