| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | whiten |
| Synonyms: | achromatize, blanch, blench, decolor, decolorize, etiolate, fade, grow pale, lighten, make pale, peroxide, wash out |
| Antonyms: | blacken, darken, yellow |
| Main Entry: | censor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forbid; ban; selectively remove |
| Synonyms: | abridge, black out, blacklist, bleach, bleep, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, conceal, control, cork, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, drop the iron curtain, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, exscind, inspect, launder, narrow, oversee, prevent publication, purge, purify, put the lid on, refuse transmission, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, scissor out, squelch, sterilize, strike out, supervise communications, suppress, withhold |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction |
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause injury, loss |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bang up, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scathe, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tamper with, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wear away, wound, wreak havoc on, wreck, wrong |
| Antonyms: | benefit, bless, enhance, favor, fix, improve, mend, perfect, repair |
| Main Entry: | fade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose color |
| Synonyms: | achromatize, become colorless, blanch, bleach, blench, clear, decolorize, dim, disappear, discolor, dissolve, dull, etiolate, evanish, evaporate, grow dim, lose brightness, lose luster, muddy, neutralize, pale, tarnish, tone down, vanish, wash out |
| Antonyms: | brighten, color, sharpen, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | whiten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become extremely pale |
| Synonyms: | blanch, bleach, blench, chalk, decolor, decolorize, dull, etiolate, fade, frost, grizzle, lighten, pale, silver, turn pale, white, whitewash |
| Antonyms: | blacken, darken, dirty |
| Main Entry: | chlorine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | element |
| Synonyms: | bleach, disinfectant, halogen |
| Main Entry: | etiolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken |
| Synonyms: | blanch, bleach, diminish, enervate, exhaust, fade, faint, pale, sicken, wan, whiten |