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🧪 A cleaning chemical 💇 To bleach
to peroxide

to peroxide

1 6.4
To make hair lighter using a bleaching chemical
  • verb
  • /pəˈrɒksaɪd/
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  • He carefully peroxideed the tips of his hair to give it a trendy look.
  • peroxided hair

Examples

  • She's all peroxided up.

    Hairspray (1988)

  • She decided to peroxide her hair to achieve a lighter shade for summer.

  • After several minutes of applying the dye, she realized she had peroxide the strands too much.

Synonyms

to bleach
vsto peroxide
50 3.2

To make something lighter in color, often using chemicals or sunlight

is performed with a single chemical and mainly for hair
to bleach out
vsto peroxide
1 3.8

Make clothes and similar things much lighter in color, usually by sunlight or chemicals

is performed with a single chemical and mainly for hair

Antonyms

to darken
63 3.3

Make or become less bright, for example a room

Compounds

hydrogen peroxide
  • Specialized
4 3.7

A clear liquid used to clean wounds, to bleach things, and to power rockets in strong form

benzoyl peroxide
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A white powder used on skin to treat acne and to help some chemical reactions happen or to bleach things

peroxide blonde
1 6.8

A person, often a woman, whose hair is bleached very light blonde

barium peroxide
  • Specialized
8.8

A white poisonous powder once used to bleach cloth and make hydrogen peroxide

peroxide blond
7.5

A person who makes their hair very light by bleaching it with peroxide

How Light

to bleach
50 3.2
to peroxide
1 6.4
to lighten
16 2.3

Surface Forms

peroxide infinitive
peroxided past
peroxided past participle
peroxiding present participle
peroxides third person singular

Etymology

Peroxide as a verb comes from the same parts per- ('extra') and oxide (from 'oxygen'). To peroxide your hair is to use that 'extra oxygen' to 'bleach' the color and make it lighter.