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decolor

American  
[dee-kuhl-er] / diˈkʌl ər /
especially British, decolour

verb (used with object)

  1. to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.

Other Word Forms

  • decoloration noun

Etymology

Origin of decolor

1400–50; late Middle English decolouren < Latin dēcolōrāre, equivalent to dē- de- + colōrāre to color

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