BLEACH

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Definition

verb remove color from. — synonyms: bleach_out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize
verb make whiter or lighter.
noun the whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
noun an agent that makes things white or colorless. — synonyms: bleaching_agent, blanching_agent, whitener
noun the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent).

“Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed.”
“semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles”