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Peroxide

noun

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. Synonym: hydrogen peroxide.

An inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-.

verb

Bleach with peroxide.

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"Peroxide" Quotes from Famous Books

... leanin' over to whisper something to me about the peroxide puffed girl at the next table, and I was tryin' to stand bein' tickled in the neck by that long feather of hers while I listens, and Miss Stover was snuggled up real chummy on the other side, when I looks up the aisle and sees a little ...

— Odd Numbers - Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe • Sewell Ford

... to destroy the skin, disinfection of the open wound with weak carbolic acid or hydrogen peroxide is very necessary. After this has been done, a soft cloth soaked in a solution of linseed oil and limewater should be applied and the whole bandaged. In such a case, it is important not to use cotton batting, since this sticks ...

— General Science • Bertha M. Clark

... low, Izzy Binswanger, or I can tell a few tales. I guess I didn't see you the night after you got in from your last trip, in your white-flannel pants I pressed, dancing on the Brighton boat with that peroxide queen alrighty." ...

— Every Soul Hath Its Song • Fannie Hurst

... never know if you live to be a thousand years old what a fearful disappointment it was when Doctor Clark told me the awful news. Where did you get it? Is it very bad? And do you have to gargle peroxide of hydrogen? Amanda says she just lived on it when her throat was bad. Are you honestly as red as lobsters? It's a perfect shame you should have to be sick—and in vacation, too. There might be some advantages ...

— Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party • C. E. Jacobs

... into spirits of turpentine oxygen is absorbed. It was thought at one time that ozone was produced, but Kingzett's view is that camphoric peroxide is formed C10 H14 O4, and that in presence of water it decomposes into camphoric acid and H2 O2. This liquid constitutes the disinfectant known as "sanitas," which possesses the advantages of a pleasant smell and non-poisonous properties. C10 H18 O2 may be ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 • Various

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