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PERCHLORIC ACID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A powerful oxidizing agent; forms perchlorates
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Hypernyms ("perchloric acid" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)