bleaches

noun

Meaning

A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
A variety of bleach.
To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
(of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
A disease of the skin.

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