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Synonyms: Verb
blanch, blench, decolorize, dull, fade, pale, snow, wash out, whiten
Antonyms: Verb
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bones bleached white by the sun She bleached her hair blonde.Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Plus, oxygen bleach wonât bleach the color out of your clothing. — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, "How To Get Leaf Stains Off Your Wood Deck," 24 Aug. 2019 Coral reefs have bleached and usually recovered throughout their evolutionary history. — Michael Wilner, sun-sentinel.com, "Trump administration throws cold water on climate change threat to Floridaâs coral reefs," 10 Aug. 2019 That scene of him ordering Florianâs old room to be bleached was heartbreaking. — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, "Everything you need to remember about GLOW before watching season 3," 8 Aug. 2019 Wicker baskets, bleached-wood lanterns and natural wood accessories give tablescapes and ottoman vignettes alike the perfect balance. — Ap Mcclatchy, The Mercury News, "Play up red, white and blue all summer long," 24 June 2019 This market segment is skeptical of versions of American history that have been neglectful or bleached of blemishes pertaining to this nationâs treatment of minorities throughout our history. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Econometer: Did Nike make the right move recalling Betsy Ross shoes?," 12 July 2019 Australia suffers droughts and reef-bleaching seas, but the right has just won an election there under a party whose leader addressed parliament holding a lump of coal like a holy relic. — The Economist, "The global crisis in conservatism," 4 July 2019 Naturally Tan, fashionista Tan France is admitting to bleaching his skin at the age of 10. — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, "Queer Eye's Tan France Reveals He Bleached His Skin at Age 10: 'I've Been Ashamed'," 4 June 2019 My bare-bones research from bleaching my hair prepared me for a time-consuming salon trip. — Glamour, "7 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Going From Blond to Brunette," 30 Mar. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Her motherâs To Do list went something like this: bleach; yarn; Q-tips?; blueberries?; call Constance; organize girls; ask William. — Kate Walbert, The New Yorker, "To Do," 26 Aug. 2019 Never use harsh cleaning agents such as bleach or ammonia â and definitely donât use a window-cleaning product such as Windex, Maker says. — Helen Carefoot, Washington Post, "Your phone and laptop probably wonât make you sick (but you should still clean them)," 15 Aug. 2019 The warning may seem unnecessary, but guzzling bleach is an unfortunately persistent problem. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "People are still drinking bleachâand vomiting and pooping their guts out," 14 Aug. 2019 Amazon recently stopped selling books that promote bleach as an autism treatment or cure. — Sarah Kurchak, Vox, "Fake autism treatments show the lengths parents will go to âcureâ their kids," 13 Aug. 2019 This week Australian researchers found that sustained heat wavesâsuch as one that devastated the Great Barrier Reef in 2016ânot only bleach corals but sometimes kill them, endangering whole reef ecosystems. — Scientific American, "Ballistic Maggots, Synthetic Winks and Why Youâre Not Goop: This Weekâs Best Science GIFs," 9 Aug. 2019 Then rinse with a sanitizing solution of 1 tablespoon of unscented, liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of drinking water. — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, "Power out? Here's what to do with refrigerated and frozen foods," 22 July 2019 Employee went to purchase unscented bleach for sanitizing. — Ebony Day, azcentral, "Sauce kept in home improvement store bucket among violations on this week's restaurant inspection list," 19 June 2019 Armed with trowels, quart-size canning jars, and ample bleach to sanitize their shovels and shoes, the squad descended onto what remained of the town and began taking soil samples. — Carrie Arnold, WIRED, "A Blazing Hot Coal Seam Shows How Microbes Can Spring to Life," 21 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bleach.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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