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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bleach/bliːtʃ/
▶verb
  • 1 make white or much lighter by a chemical process or by exposure to sunlight.
  • 2 clean or sterilize with bleach.
▶noun a chemical used for bleaching and also to sterilize drains, sinks, etc.
– origin OE blǣcan (v.), blǣce (n.), from blǣc ‘pale’, of Gmc origin; rel. to bleak1.



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