"bleaching" in the verb sense
1. bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise
remove color from
"The sun bleached the red shirt"
2. bleach
make whiter or lighter
"bleach the laundry"
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