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
Start with a patch test on a small section of the rug.
To deodorize your rugs or carpet:
Vacuum the area before applying the mixture.
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Cody Godwin, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2025
Place a few pieces of orange peel into the garbage disposal to clean and deodorize.
—Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2025
However, some are multipurpose and can be used on soft surfaces, such as sofas, pillows and mattresses, to sanitize and deodorize them.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
What’s the best way to clean pet stains from carpet?
For pet stains, Brown relies on the above method, but finishes with an enzymatic spray with a neutral pH to help eliminate odors and deodorize the carpet.
—Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
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Cody Godwin, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2025
Place a few pieces of orange peel into the garbage disposal to clean and deodorize.
—Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2025
However, some are multipurpose and can be used on soft surfaces, such as sofas, pillows and mattresses, to sanitize and deodorize them.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
What’s the best way to clean pet stains from carpet?
For pet stains, Brown relies on the above method, but finishes with an enzymatic spray with a neutral pH to help eliminate odors and deodorize the carpet.
—Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deodorize
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But that legal reality shouldn’t excuse the behavior.—
Matt Germer,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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Listening to these women fawn all over Julia for carrying the laird’s child, for carrying a future king, listening to them excuse away Julia being unmarried, all of it makes Davina blow a fuse.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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At each camp, the team leaves behind a small but powerful item, a red card that explains what to do during encounters with immigration officials.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The powers that be explained to me that in the audiobook, there would be no easy way to identify the bees’ chapters, which were designated with italics in the printed version, unless the narrator’s voice changed from female to male.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Businesses can and should use catastrophe models themselves to establish baseline risk profiles, stress-test scenarios, quantify protection gaps, and justify resilience investments.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Some are too flashy, while others look too plain to justify the price tag.—
Amina Ayoud,
Glamour,
3 Sep. 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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Protestors in Hong Kong applauded South Park for calling out public figures whitewashing the oppressive Chinese government, which would swiftly ban the show.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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Culture must never be used to whitewash crimes or serve as a propaganda tool.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Aug. 2025
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The idea sticks because the prize, limitless energy from tabletop hardware, is irresistible, and suppression narratives explain away the lack of mainstream acceptance.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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Such a reaction, brought about so quickly, would be easier to explain away if Avi’s life was definitively a tragedy.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Deodorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deodorize. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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