| NOUN | substance | chlorine dioxide | an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification |
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| Meaning | An explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification. | |
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| Broader | bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener | An agent that makes things white or colorless |
| dioxide | An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule | |
| Spanish | dióxido de cloro | |
| Catalan | diòxid de clor | |
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