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deodorize

[dee-oh-duh-rahyz] / diˈoʊ dəˌraɪz /


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Lineage is also using misters inside the building to try to deodorize the food until it is removed from the site.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

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

The point of the ad: Since Dave won’t be at your Super Bowl party, but everyone else will, you should probably buy some Febreze to deodorize your bathroom after your gluttonous friends destroy it.

From Slate Feb. 5, 2018

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 Archer, William

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

Once you've deodorized and scrubbed your cutting board, don't forget to give it—and the rest of your station—a good wash, especially if you've been working with raw proteins.

From Salon Mar. 25, 2023

“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

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

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

In this cleansing out process there was little to offend, so well had the ashes done their concealing deodorizing work.

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




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