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BENZOYL PEROXIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("benzoyl peroxide" is a kind of...):
blanching agent; bleach; bleaching agent; whitener (an agent that makes things white or colorless)
peroxide (an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-)
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