ozone

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UK /ˈəʊzəʊn/ US /ˈoʊzoʊn/

noun 2verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

antarctic, best, boiling, future, near, over, south, strong

The near ozone layer requires urgent protection from harmful UV radiation.

VERB + OZONE

desert, function, means, obtaining, protect, smell, smelled

The new filtration system helps protect ozone levels in the upper atmosphere.

OZONE + NOUN

earth's, hemisphere, layer, molecule, pollution, seaweed, stratosphere

The ozone layer has been damaged by chemicals released into the atmosphere.

PREP.

from, in, in, without

The city struggled with air pollution problems in ozone levels during the hot summer months.

ADV.

clearly, currently, further, sharply

The ozone layer has clearly become thinner over the past few decades.

Definitions

noun

An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.

Lightning flashed again, the thunder came a second later. It rained harder. The smell of ozone was strong. You could feel the charge in the air.

Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.

A patent obtained in England, and specified far from clearly, for obtaining ozone by boiling seaweed,†† may be mentioned as a curiosity, and also the credulity with which ozone-baths, prepared in this manner, find a ready sale, in spite of, or perhaps rather on account of, their high price.

To Ramsgate baths she sped, in quest / Of seaweed and ozone ; / For seaweed and ozone were best, / They said, to give her tone.

verb

To treat with ozone.

Whenever it exists, as it usually does, even where the tide water freshens at the ebb, it seems to have a purifying tendency, probably by ozoning the superincumbent atmosphere.

I worked nonstop to make the house safe. Periodically I ozoned the first-floor bathroom, but it still made us sick.

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Example Bank

Lightning flashed again, the thunder came a second later. It rained harder. The smell of ozone was strong. You could feel the charge in the air.

Wiktionary

To Ramsgate baths she sped, in quest / Of seaweed and ozone ; / For seaweed and ozone were best, / They said, to give her tone.

Wiktionary

Whenever it exists, as it usually does, even where the tide water freshens at the ebb, it seems to have a purifying tendency, probably by ozoning the superincumbent atmosphere.

Wiktionary

I worked nonstop to make the house safe. Periodically I ozoned the first-floor bathroom, but it still made us sick.

Wiktionary

Without the ozone layer, we would be in danger.

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In some senses, ozone is marked as informal, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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