How to Use degrease in a Sentence

degrease

verb

• Kingery-Schwartz cleaned and degreased the glass, aligned the break edges and applied epoxy to the break.
  — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
• To perform the chabrot, each diner pools wine into their plate at the end of the meal, agitates the wine with a fork to degrease the plate, then drinks the wine.
  — Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2020
• This will allow the hot steam to stay trapped inside the microwave, which will help degrease the microwave and loosen stuck food and baked-on spills.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 12 May 2020
• Washed my face with Dawn dish detergent to degrease it.
  — Hana Hong, Marie Claire, 8 Nov. 2019
• The same earthy clay and charcoal that purify pores can also whiten teeth and degrease roots.
  — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 24 June 2022
• For a last touch -- models also degreased their T-zone, thanks to a bit of logomania.
  — Kathleen Hou, ELLE, 2 Mar. 2023
• A degreasing soap or special scrub wash such as tecnu or Zanfel works best.
  — Elliott Almond, The Mercury News, 6 June 2017
• Carfidant says this stuff can clean exhaust tips, degrease an engine, and remove bugs from your windshield.
  — Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 19 July 2022
• The factory used trichloroethene, commonly known as TCE, as a degreasing agent.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2020
• Rub liquid laundry detergent with a degreasing agent into the stains, then wash the garments on the hottest water setting that’s safe for the fabric.
  — Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
• In the 1980s, trichloroethylene, a common degreasing solvent and suspected carcinogen, was found in the wells.
  — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 11 Nov. 2019
• Turns out vodka can be used for many of the same tasks as vinegar, such as degreasing, deodorizing and disinfecting.
  — NBC News, 18 Dec. 2017
• Next comes degreasing, since whale bones are infamously oily.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 5 Oct. 2017
• One example is trichloroethylene (TCE), a solvent primarily used to degrease machine parts.
  — Markham Heid, Time, 13 Dec. 2022
• Environmental studies commissioned by the city discovered lead contamination in the soil and a toxic substance called tetrachloroethylene, used to degrease metal and dry clean fabric, in the groundwater, the release said.
  — Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer, 29 Apr. 2022
• Its super-concentrated formula deep cleans and degreases dishes, glasses, and silverware while also removing spots and film caused by hard water and minerals.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024