blanch
transitive verb : to take the color out of: as a : to bleach by excluding light b : to scald or parboil in water or steam in order to remove the skin from, whiten, or stop enzymatic action in (as food for freezing) c : to make ashen or pale *fear blanches the cheek*
intransitive verb : to become white or pale
mottle~~blanch
bleach
transitive verb
1 : to remove color or stains from
2 a : to make whiter or lighter especially by physical or chemical removal of color *bleach clothing* *the sun had bleached her hair* b : to remove, make dull, or sanitize as if by removing color *bleaches colonialism of its genocidal legacy — H. A. Giroux*
intransitive verb
1 : to grow white or lose color
2 of coral : to expel symbiotic zooxanthellae exposing a white skeleton
desiccate:moisture=bleach:color=detoxify:poison
dessicated:moisture=enervated:strength=bleach:color
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