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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidify.

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Examples

  • As sulfate is released from the soil, it acidifies nearby streams and lakes.

    Acid rain 2010

  • Wet sulfate deposition, which acidifies sensitive lakes, streams and forest soils, has decreased 39 percent in the northeastern U.S. and 17 percent in the southeastern U.S.

    Acid rain 2010

  • The CO2 absorbed by our oceans acidifies them, affecting the life within.

    LIVE from Seattle: Al Gore is in the house! 2008

  • The CO2 absorbed by our oceans acidifies them, affecting the life within.

    Happy Halloween from NPI! 2008

  • With improper chewing, you throw large chunks of whole food into the stomach, which churns and acidifies the partially chewed food, but cannot finish the job.

    The Source Woodson Merrell 2008

  • Acid rain is a secondary pollutant that acidifies lakes and streams, rendering the water unfit for aquatic life.

    AP Environmental Science Chapter 16- Air, Water and Soils 2008

  • With improper chewing, you throw large chunks of whole food into the stomach, which churns and acidifies the partially chewed food, but cannot finish the job.

    The Source Woodson Merrell 2008

  • There is no dispute that carbon dioxide acidifies water.

    Think Progress » National Review Editor: ‘Global Warming Is Great’ 2006

  • Because the cattle are bunched together in huge feedlots near the 13 slaughterhouses and fed corn, which acidifies their GI tracts allowing the growth of this virulent bacterium.

    More calls for food regulation | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006

  • The ‘blowing through a straw’ description is also accurate – this is a common general science deomontration – put a color pH indicator in water, blow through a straw, and watch the indicator color change as the increased CO2 acidifies the water.

    Thompson: "Remarkably Similar" « Climate Audit 2006

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