deoxygenating

Verb

deoxygenate (third-person singular simple present deoxygenates, present participle deoxygenating, simple past and past participle deoxygenated)

1. (transitive) To remove dissolved oxygen from (something, such as water or blood).
   • In order to preserve it in the state of protoxide these receipts prescribe various deoxygenating substances to be stirred into the melted glass, such as Smith's clinkers, tartar, soot, rotten wood, and cinnibar.1847, editorial staff, “Painting on Glass”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 72