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
This box has triple odor control, with a sealed waste bin; an odor eliminator attachment that sits in the waste bin; and a smart, citrusy deodorizing spray that goes off after every cleaning and randomly throughout the day to ensure the litter box stays fresh.
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Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
Baking soda: This can be used to deodorize, remove stains, and clean surfaces.
—Joe Difazio, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
Garbage disposal: Pour some down the drain with baking soda to help deodorize and cut grease.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
This is applied inside the bowl itself and helps to deodorize and clean the bowl with every flush.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
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Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
Baking soda: This can be used to deodorize, remove stains, and clean surfaces.
—Joe Difazio, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
Garbage disposal: Pour some down the drain with baking soda to help deodorize and cut grease.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
This is applied inside the bowl itself and helps to deodorize and clean the bowl with every flush.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deodorize
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This creates a tension between excusing and exempting abuse.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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But for her, the speculation doesn’t excuse what came next.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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The smaller budget is in part explained by the expiration of one-time spending that came as part of 2023’s more than $70 billion budget that raised spending by nearly 40%.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2025
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And as one dad recently shared on Reddit, the days of explaining things with talk of storks or other mythical tales are likely over.—
Christian Dashiell,
Parents,
7 June 2025
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But as cloud spend goes up, the need to justify cost efforts and demonstrate cost avoidance to execs will increase.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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His breezy accounts betray no anxiety to justify the expense of sending him around the world.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 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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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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On Saturday, the regime published images of a celebratory event marking International Children's Day, which critics saw as an attempt to whitewash its image amid international condemnation over its human rights record.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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Inside, three bedrooms and four baths are spread across almost 2,300 square feet of multi-level living space boasting a mix of stone and wide-plank French oak floors, arched doorways, and whitewashed wood-beam ceilings dotted with skylights.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
23 May 2025
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If Hollywood is to be believed, life as a Catholic priest at the turn of the 20th century involved spending 75 percent of your time sitting in your office while people brought troubled women to you and asked you to determine if all of their problems could be explained away by demonic possession.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
4 June 2025
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Then, when that was explained away by protocol, there was also the fact that it was confirmed the King would also not be attending Pope Leo’s Inauguration.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
16 May 2025
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“Deodorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deodorize. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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