oxidise

present singular third person oxidises · participle present oxidising · participle past oxidised · past oxidised

1. UKalternativeAlternative spelling of oxidize.

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   It suspects the contacts of the SIS [sand isolation switch] had become oxidised, which would prevent current from flowing. But it thinks this might have taken place after the accident, but before RAIB examined the switch, because oxidisation is more likely when there's no current, as happens when the train sits unused.

   2026 July 8, Philip Haigh, “Sanders prove to be missing part of the runaway puzzle”, in RAIL, number 1065, page 53