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How to pronounce ionize in American English
“ionize” pronunciation by American speakers
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Takes a lot of electrical power to ionize and accelerate that xenon.
NASA
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The photons and the particles heat and ionize Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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ionize air molecules inside the smoke detector, and those create a small electrical current.
CDC
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