MEANING
To remove or reduce an unpleasant or unwanted odor.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- deodorize a space
- deodorize a material
On the page
They deodorized the compartment after replacing the damaged lining.
The treated fabric had been deodorized, but its discoloration remained.
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Word forms
- Base
- deodorize
- Past tense
- deodorized
- Past participle
- deodorized
- Present participle
- deodorizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- deodorize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are deodorizing
- Present perfect
- have/has deodorized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been deodorizing
- Past
- deodorized
- Past continuous
- was/were deodorizing
- Past perfect
- had deodorized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been deodorizing
- Future
- will deodorize
- Future continuous
- will be deodorizing
- Future perfect
- will have deodorized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been deodorizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: deodorize; deodorizes; deodorized; deodorized; deodorizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: deodorizes.
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