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deodorize

[dee-oh-duh-rahyz] / diˈoʊ dəˌraɪz /


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Sprinkle it on carpets or rugs to clean and deodorize, or mix with dish soap to clean your sink.

From Fox News ● Dec. 30, 2021

And toss in several used fabric softener sheets — a low-tech way to deodorize — along with a spritz of disinfectant spray to help cover the smells that will surely develop.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2021

She adds that dental cleaning tabs will also sanitize and deodorize.

From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2018

Keep garbage cans clean and deodorize them with bleach or ammonia.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2017

Is it possible to deodorize a word which comes to us redolent of "good, thick stupefying incense-smoke," mingled with the reek of the auto-da-fé?

From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by William Archer

While the lemon deodorizes any unwanted smells, the salt scrapes off any remaining residue.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2023

But in showing lots of faces headed for the loo, the spray that deodorizes air by reodorizing it pulls it off with a spot asking whether your bathroom is ready for America’s “halftime bathroom break.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2017

First, lactic-acid bacteria are added after each defecation: the anaerobic fermentation sanitizes and deodorizes.

From Nature ● Jun. 13, 2012

The powdered bark is very useful as an application to indolent ulcers which it instantly deodorizes; like powdered quinine it is used in the treatment of superficial gangrene.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

The oil is extracted from sources such as soybeans, palm fruit, canola seeds, sunflower seeds, and corn, and is then refined, bleached, and deodorized to make it more palatable.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

“I went down to the front desk to see if there were any rooms that had been cleaned and deodorized the day before, so the scent would not be as strong.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022

Until Wynnewood’s pretreater unit is up and running the company plans to run refined deodorized and bleached soybean oil and treated corn oil.

From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2021

For a brief period, perhaps, the players themselves deodorized the smell coming from College Park with their valiant play.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2018

At 11 P.M. he had explained Everything, repudiated many lifelong Friendships, deodorized his College Career, flouted the Demon Rum, and resigned from all Clubs.

From Ade's Fables by John T. McCutcheon

Throughout the process, Huml also uses a variety of machines to clean the air, including air scrubbers, deodorizing hydroxyl generators and negative air machines that clean the air and push it outside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025

Researchers tested the garlic deodorizing capacity of yogurt and its individual components of water, fat and protein to see how each stood up to the stink.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023

For combination products, you have to choose between which effect you want to be stronger, the sweat-blocking plug or the deodorizing fragrance, says Shari Lipner, an associate professor of clinical dermatology at Weill Cornell Medicine.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2023

Cleaning wipes like the biodegradable Alcala deodorizing body wipes are ideal for freshening up on a regular basis, and for a deeper clean, opt for rinse-free bath wipes to work a lather without requiring water.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

If they are not, they lose their absorbing, deodorizing powers.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various




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