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DECOLORIZE
bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise
(verb) remove color from; “The sun bleached the red shirt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
decolorize (third-person singular simple present decolorizes, present participle decolorizing, simple past and past participle decolorized)
(US, transitive) To remove the color from.
(US, intransitive) To lose one’s color.
Source: Wiktionary
De*col"or*ize, v. t.
Definition: To deprive of color; to whiten. Turner.
– De*col`or*i*za"tion, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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