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CHLORINE DIOXIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chlorine dioxide" is a kind of...):
blanching agent; bleach; bleaching agent; whitener (an agent that makes things white or colorless)
dioxide (an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule)
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