The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decolorize \De*col"or*ize\, v. t.
To deprive of color; to whiten.
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De*col`or*i*za"tion, n.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context US transitive English) To remove the color from. 2 (context US intransitive English) To lose one’s color. vb. 1 (context US transitive English) To remove the color from. 2 (context US intransitive English) To lose one’s color.
WordNet
v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt" [syn: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise]
Usage examples of "decolorize".
The fatly bacterial cell walls were "acid fast," capable of absorbing certain stains and resisting decolorizing with acid alcohol.
These flakes are separated by a centrifugal machine, washed and decolorized, and the thus purified product finally treated with diluted acid, and so converted into Laevulose.