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DISCOLOURISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

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Meaning:

Remove color from

Example:

The sun bleached the red shirt

Synonyms:

bleach; bleach out; decolor; decolorise; decolorize; decolour; decolourise; decolourize; discolorise; discolorize; discolourise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "discolourise" is one way to...):

discolor (cause to lose or change color)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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