decolor

[ dee-kuhl-er ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.

Origin of decolor

1
1400–50; late Middle English decolouren<Latin dēcolōrāre, equivalent to dē-de- + colōrāre to color
  • Also especially British, de·col·our .

Other words from decolor

  • de·col·or·a·tion, noun

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