Examples of ionize in a Sentence
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Both of those particles represent ionizing radiation, which can be harmful to human health.
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
Traveling at the speed of light, this radiation reaches Earth almost instantly, ionizing the upper atmosphere.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The source of the ionizing emissions, the researchers said, is most likely either massive, hot stars (the earliest stars were likely 30–300 times more massive than our sun and millions of times more bright) or a supermassive black hole.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Terahertz waves have been proposed as a powerful tool to quickly transfer giant volumes of data in potential 6G networks and to see through solid matter, like X-rays—only without the hazardous ionizing radiation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2025
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
Traveling at the speed of light, this radiation reaches Earth almost instantly, ionizing the upper atmosphere.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The source of the ionizing emissions, the researchers said, is most likely either massive, hot stars (the earliest stars were likely 30–300 times more massive than our sun and millions of times more bright) or a supermassive black hole.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Terahertz waves have been proposed as a powerful tool to quickly transfer giant volumes of data in potential 6G networks and to see through solid matter, like X-rays—only without the hazardous ionizing radiation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Ionize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ionize. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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ionize
verb
ion·ize
ˈī-ə-ˌnīz 
ionized; ionizing
1
: to convert wholly or partly into ions
2
: to become ionized
Medical Definition
ionize
verb
ion·ize
variants
or chiefly British ionise
ionized or chiefly British ionised; ionizing or chiefly British ionising
: to convert wholly or partly into ions
: to become ionized
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