2syllables
bleaches
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Definitions ofbleaches
1noun
- 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.
1verb
- 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.
Example: "Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed."
- To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
Example: "semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles"
1noun
- An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
1noun
- A disease of the skin.
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