acidify

Example Sentences

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Sulfides also acidify the water, which can accelerate weathering.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

But other scientists say even those could acidify because their outflow will slow as atmospheric concentrations surge.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2022

It is a process in which beneficial bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms break down and acidify food, transforming and preserving it.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2022

Together with one of her Ph.D. supervisors, JCU marine biologist Philip Munday, Dixson pioneered research into the effects on fish of rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere, which cause the oceans to acidify.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 9, 2022

V. be sour; sour, turn sour &c. adj.; set the teeth on edge. render sour &c. adj.; acidify, acidulate.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark