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deodorize

[dee-oh-duh-rahyz] / diˈoʊ dəˌraɪz /


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Greene tosses ice cubes and baking soda into his disposal every week or so to deodorize it.

From Washington Post Feb. 14, 2023

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

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

From Washington Times Aug. 2, 2017

There are a number of ways to sanitize and deodorize, using either vinegar, hydrogen peroxide or cut lemons.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2016

V. be inodorous &c. adj.†; not smell. deodorize.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

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 Thomas, Jerome Beers

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

The announcement flipped the minister's statement a day earlier, in which he had said the export ban would only cover refined, bleached, and deodorized palm olein.

From Reuters Apr. 27, 2022

“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

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 Ade, George

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

Depending on the type of mattress you have, baking soda can be a powerful deodorizing agent.

From Seattle Times Jan. 16, 2024

When introduced separately, the fat, water and protein components of yogurt also had a deodorizing effect on raw garlic, but fat and protein performed better than water.

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

We are engaged in clearing the roads, burning the rubbish, and deodorizing the town, taking account of the guns, etc.

From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Boulger, Demetrius Charles




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