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- verb Alternative spelling of
deodorize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb eliminate the odor from
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Examples
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It's called survival and in times of war (no matter what expedient title politicos and pacifists hang on it, to deodorise it) you do what has to be done to exhibit your own strength and exploit the weakness of the enemy.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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It's called survival and in times of war (no matter what expedient title politicos and pacifists hang on it, to deodorise it) you do what has to be done to exhibit your own strength and exploit the weakness of the enemy.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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If at 'any time it is necessary to throw away a quantity of inexpensive spent liquor which may smell offensively, a small quantity of the crystals of permanganate of potassa will instantly deodorise a large quantity of fluid, and this without adding to it any offensive scent of its own, as in the case of chloride of lime or carbolic acid.
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_ "To deodorise" is to gild the statue of a heathen deity.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893 Various 1876
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Brace yourself and deodorise in anticipation of audience interaction as Sweet creates a wake for his stellar-synopsis compiling sibling, which he insists will be "bloody fun" from the outset.
Londonist 2010
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On the plus side, original Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons has been involved to deodorise the project with a whiff of authenticity.
Eurogamer 2009
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