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Bleach

To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.

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Broader term 7

Agent 76% connected

Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Discolor 76% connected

To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolore…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lightening 76% connected

of Lighten

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White 76% connected

Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…

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Whiten 76% connected

To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Whiteness 76% connected

The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Whitening 76% connected

of Whiten

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Narrower term 1

Etiolation 76% connected

The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Peroxide 76% connected

An oxide containing more oxygen than some other oxide of the same element. Formerly peroxides were regarded as the highest oxides. Cf. Per-, 2.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bleacher 74% connected

One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bleacher 74% connected

One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Decolor 92% connected

To deprive of color; to bleach.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Decolorize 92% connected

To deprive of color; to whiten.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Whitener 92% connected

One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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