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decolorize

American  
[dee-kuhl-uh-rahyz] / diˈkʌl əˌraɪz /
especially British, decolorise

verb (used with object)

decolorized, decolorizing
  1. decolor.


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Etymology

Origin of decolorize

First recorded in 1830–40; de- + colorize

Vocabulary lists containing decolorize

Example Sentences

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Make a ten per cent infusion of the suspected coffee; filter it, and decolorize the solution by boiling it with a piece of animal charcoal.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

The effects of various freezing procedures on the ability of samples to decolorize methylene blue were determined with 10 semen samples.

From Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures by Friedman, M. E.

Bodies absorbing oxygen, as sulphurous acid, phosphorous acid, and alcohols, decolorize it; under the influence of oxygen its color is restored.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

The chlorine and oxygen will combine their action to decolorize the textile material.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various

The only other large use of arsenic is in the glass industry, arsenic trioxide being added to the molten glass to purify and decolorize the product.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

A: Many readers share your enthusiasm for decolorized iodine against nail fungus.

From Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2023

Q: Do you know about a cure for toenail fungus using decolorized iodine every day?

From Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2023

The sparkle and shine had been sucked out of life so completely that my world became a fluorescent-lighted, decolorized, saltpetered version of the planet I had known before.

From Time Magazine Archive

An aqueous solution of fuchsine is decolorized on the addition of sulphurous acid, the easily soluble fuchsine sulphurous acid being formed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

He very soon noted the decolorizing or bleaching effects of this now product, finding that it decolorized flowers, vegetables, and many other substances.

From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith

The heroes of the film—again: such as they are—do their work under the bland, decolorizing fluorescents at Globe H.Q.

From The New Yorker Dec. 16, 2015

It will be recalled that it is used in the preparation of chlorine and oxygen, in decolorizing glass which contains iron, and in the manufacture of ferromanganese.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

These gases perform the role of oxidizing or decolorizing agents.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various

In common daylight his coat would have shown a warm fulvous hue, but in the elvish decolorizing rays of that half hidden moon he seemed to wear a sort of spectral gray.

From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

It is used as a decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc., and as a black pigment.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

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