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Decolor

To deprive of colour; to bleach.

📖 Definitions of "Decolor"

verb

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
bleachnoun	(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
decolorizeverb	(US, transitive) To remove the color from.
bleach outverb	remove color from
discolorizeverb	remove color from

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
decolorizeverb	(US, transitive) To remove the color from.
bleachnoun	(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
bleach outverb	remove color from
discolorizeverb	remove color from
decolourverb	(transitive) To deprive of colour; to bleach.
decolorateverb	(transitive) To decolor; to deprive of color.
decolouriseverb	Alternative spelling of decolourize. [(transitive, intransitive) To drain of colour, to remove the colour from.]
decolourizeverb	(transitive, intransitive) To drain of colour, to remove the colour from.
discolornoun	(American spelling) To change or lose color.
uncolorverb	(transitive) To remove the color from.
discolorateverb	(transitive, dated) To discolor.
encolourverb	(transitive, poetic) To colour.
miscolourverb	(transitive) To give a wrong colour to.
desaturatenoun	(transitive) To cause to become less saturated or unsaturated.
depaintverb	(transitive) To remove paint from.
destainnoun	(transitive) To remove a chemical stain from.
blanchnoun	A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Blanche.
discomplexionverb	(obsolete, transitive) To taint or stain (change the complexion or shade of).
darkenverb	(transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
deoxidiseverb	Alternative spelling of deoxidize. [(transitive) (chemistry) To remove oxygen from.]