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oxygenate

[ok-si-juh-neyt] / ˈɒk sɪ dʒəˌneɪt /
VERB
add oxygen
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Look at trading for a key commodity with a heinous name: RBOB, short for reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending.

From Barron's Mar. 20, 2026

Maternal blood to oxygenate us, all of us, when we were barely the size of a gummy bear.

From Slate Sep. 7, 2024

This caused a steep reduction in the number of burrowing invertebrates, which oxygenate sediments.

From Science Daily May 8, 2024

They are going to recirculate his blood to oxygenate it.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2020

I put the table between us, and began taking deep breaths to thoroughly oxygenate my blood, so it would help me in my forthcoming grapple with the big, over-grown giant.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry

Surgeons would connect the blood vessels in the umbilical cord to a system that oxygenates blood outside the body.

From Scientific American Sep. 18, 2023

Crimmins says that because Maria’s lungs were not providing enough oxygen to her and Dylan, she was placed on ECMO, a life-supporting measure that oxygenates the blood outside of the body.

From Washington Post Oct. 22, 2021

You breathe in a fast, rhythmic way that oxygenates your brain, activating your parasympathetic nervous system and relaxing you.

From New York Times Nov. 15, 2019

But that story is only the embers of something more, which the film steadily exhales over, oxygenates and causes to flame up.

From The Guardian May 8, 2019

The deep respiration oxygenates the blood and gives us power to resist diseases.

From What Every Singer Should Know by Ryan, Millie

Modern alternatives to ice boxes are available that keep hearts beating and oxygenated while they are being transported.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

Amniotic fluid embolism can lead to heart and lung failure, which causes several complications due to a lack of oxygenated blood, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2025

The study unveiled that Siikaneva peatland, located in southern Finland, releases highly oxygenated organic molecules at night, leading to aerosol particle formation closely resembling the pre-industrial atmosphere.

From Science Daily Apr. 4, 2024

Current treatments consist of a series of three open heart surgeries all before the patient's 5th year of life that reroutes oxygenated blood supply to the right ventricle.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2024

It’s a slim chance, but the cold oxygenated water of the river might be our only chance to survive.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

In the Americas, doctors can help infected people by putting them on a life-support machine known as ECMO, for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which breathes for the patient by oxygenating the blood.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

These branches are ultimately responsible for oxygenating the blood in the lungs.

From Science Daily Dec. 4, 2023

The latter is battery-powered, and when turned on it creates an oxygenating spiral motion in the water in the carafe, which is said to improve its taste.

From BBC Feb. 15, 2023

In this land of plentiful, oxygenating trees, everyone is alone, and people cough into the crook of an elbow anyway.

From New York Times May 4, 2022

Alex took several deep breaths, hyperventilating and oxygenating his blood, knowing it would give him a few precious extra seconds.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz




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