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decolour

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de⋅col⋅or

[dee-kuhl-er]
–verb (used with object)
to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.
Also, especially British, de⋅col⋅our.


Origin:
1400–50; late ME decolouren < L dēcolōrāre, equiv. to dē- de- + colōrāre to color


de⋅col⋅or⋅a⋅tion, noun
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decolour

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remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt" 
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