fluoridizev.
/ˈflʊərᵻdʌɪz/, /ˈflɔːrᵻdʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈflʊrəˌdaɪz/, /ˈflɔrəˌdaɪz/ 1. transitive. = fluoridate v.
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1940 Jrnl. Amer. Dental Assoc. 27 1111/2 Galesburg and Quincy, as long as the former does not abandon its current source of water or the latter fluoridize the present water or change to a new source, present an incomparable field for the study of dental caries.
1951 Sci. News Let. 19 May 310/3 Your town may fluoridate your drinking water, but your dentist will fluoridize your children's teeth.
1956 Lancet 28 Apr. 558/2 The need to fluoridise the water-supplies.
1979 Nucl. Activation Techniques Life Sci. 1978 (Internat. Atomic Energy Agency) 405 Why did you only fluoridize the teeth for 4 min?
1988 J. W. Barnes Ores & Minerals viii. 152 Fluorine products also fluoridize drinking water and up-grade uranium fuels by reducing the amount of non-radioactive isotope present.
2008 M. L. Brake & N. Hook Different Engines iv. 135 Jack D. Ripper..believes the communists have fluoridized the US water supply to make him impotent.
2. transitive. In wider use: to treat or combine with fluorine or fluoride; to convert into a fluoride.
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1963 Brit. Patent 927,735 1/2 It can be converted into substantially pure uranium hexafluoride..by fluoridising and then distilling the product of the reaction.
1964 Life 2 Oct. 30/2 (advt.) If the fabrics have been fluoridized with ZEPEL, they're hard to stain and easy to clean.
1981 Jrnl. Paleontol. 55 14/2 Some complete thecae were dissected with a sharp scalpel and were then fluoridized.
2005 Nucl. Instruments & Methods in Physical Res. B. 234 254/2 The fluorine atoms are easily to be bombarded out of the molecules and could further fluoridize other free radicals, such as —CF2—.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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