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Definition of Deodorise
1. Verb. Eliminate the odor from. "This stick will deodorize your armpits"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Deodorant, Deodourant
Antonyms: Odorize, Odourise
Definition of Deodorise
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of deodorize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Deodorise
1. To use a deodorant. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deodorise
Literary usage of Deodorise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sewage Question: Being a General Review of All Systems and Methods by Frederick Charles Krepp (1867)
"Earth has a remarkable power to deodorise and decompose organic matter; ...
This explains the utter failure of all attempts to deodorise excrements by water ..."
2. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears (1871)
"And just as it was impossible, with the continual emanation and accumulation of
the foul gases of the diseased knee, to deodorise that ward, so to deodorise ..."
3. Observations on the Construction of Healthy Dwellings: Namely, Houses by Douglas Strutt Galton (1880)
"The receptacle should also receive dry refuse and ashes, which help to deodorise
the contents and soak up the liquid; and the receptacle should have a cover ..."
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