Leblanc

/ (French ləblɑ̃) /

noun

Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). ?1742–1806, French chemist, who invented a process for the manufacture of soda from common salt

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to remove or destroy all traces of.

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Example sentences from the Web for leblanc

You know LeBlanc and Anderson stripped me of rifle, knife and axe that time they left me tied to the tree.
The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers|Claude A. Labelle
A steam-ejector is also used, a jet of steam taking the place of the sheets of water in the Leblanc type.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1|Various
Mr. Leblanc, surgeon of the 9th Regiment, was coming home after dark, and got outside the French lines.
The British Expedition to the Crimea|William Howard Russell
But you cant make me tell anything, or LeBlanc would kill me.
The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber Thieves|Claude A. Labelle

He made no response for a moment, and suddenly the door was thrown open, and LeBlanc and the proprietor came rushing in.
The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers|Claude A. Labelle