as in to excuse
to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses
the propaganda film attempts to deodorize the dictator's history of human rights abuses
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Recent Examples of deodorize
Wiping your fridge interiors down with a concoction of vinegar and water naturally deodorizes the appliance and helps lift the smell of anything funky wafting into the room.
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
Lemon juice can also work well for deodorizing and cutting through grime.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
The tablets work to clean and deodorize your toilet with every flush.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2023
Steam cleaner to deodorize, sanitize, and reduce allergens.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
Lemon juice can also work well for deodorizing and cutting through grime.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
The tablets work to clean and deodorize your toilet with every flush.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2023
Steam cleaner to deodorize, sanitize, and reduce allergens.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deodorize
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After various teachers, administrators and parents raised concerns about the efficacy and age appropriateness of the books, the school system initially allowed students to be excused when the books were read in class.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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Prior to the pandemic, Pelosi denied Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s (D-Ill.) request to be excused from in-person voting due to similar concerns in 2014.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
15 Jan. 2025
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But money alone doesn’t explain the absence of conscience.—
Todd L. Pittinsky,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2025
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For some teams, a dark-horse mind-set might be better for strategic reasons: underdogs tend to focus on the positive outcome (winning), while top dogs tend to avoid negative outcomes (not losing), which could explain why underdogs sometimes play looser and with an eye to higher risks and rewards.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2025
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Then there’s the ruling’s decision that national security could justify potential speech suppression.—
Lauren Feiner,
The Verge,
24 Jan. 2025
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That’s a pretty big gap and would require an equally large difference in their per-minute play to justify putting Hunter first.—
John Hollinger,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Radiation can also be used to palliate painful bone metastases, as well as chemotherapy.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2024
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Senior-home avatars who are designed to palliate dementia patients in their darkest days.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
12 Apr. 2024
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From craggy rock house style abodes befitting the Flintstones to sleek stone retreats whitewashed in Greek traditional paint, there’s a cave accommodation for every kind of aesthetic.—
Michelle Mastro,
Architectural Digest,
16 Jan. 2025
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The late 13th century paintings were whitewashed following a mid 15th-century fire at the cathedral and subsequently boxed behind woodwork by 1786, which protected them from iconoclasts and vandalization during the French Revolution.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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This opaqueness isn’t a flaw — if anything, more movies should resist explaining away the mysteries, however small, of their characters.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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This season, injuries explained away the rough start.—
Eric Koreen,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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