DEOXIDISING Antonyms

• (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury

• designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

• harmful to the mind or morals

• used of conduct; characterized by dishonor

• (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

• the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water

• the process of gradually becoming inferior

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• fall into decay or ruin

• undergo decay or decomposition

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

• enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide

• add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

• discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically