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DEODORIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they deodorize ... he / she / it deodorizes
Past simple: deodorized
Past participle: deodorized
-ing form: deodorizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eliminate the odor from
Example:
This stick will deodorize your armpits
Synonyms:
deodorise; deodorize; deodourise
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "deodorize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
odorize (cause to smell or be smelly)
Derivation:
deodorant (a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors)
