CHLORINE DIOXIDE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("chlorine dioxide" is a kind of...):

blanching agent; bleach; bleaching agent; whitener (an agent that makes things white or colorless)

dioxide (an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule)

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