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Inside each of the mission's four thrusters, an electromagnetic field ionizes the xenon gas before expelling the ions to produce thrust.—ArsTechnica, 1 May 2025 Make no mistake- CT scans absolutely use ionizing radiation and patients and physicians should be cautious when ordering them for diagnoses.—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025 The X-rays expose people to ionizing radiation, which can cause DNA damage.—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 18 Apr. 2025 These forms of energy can ionize, or charge, low layers of the planet’s ionosphere on the sun-facing side.—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for ionize
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Etymology
ion + -ize, after German ionisiren (now ionisieren) or French ioniser
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