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Verb: decolorize  dee'kú-lu,rIz
Usage: US (elsewhere: decolourize)
  1. Cause to become white or lighter in color
    "The sun decolorized the red shirt";
    - bleach, bleach out, decolor [US], decolour [Brit, Cdn], decolourize [Brit, Cdn], decolorise [Brit], decolourise [Brit], discolorize [US], discolourise [Brit, Cdn], discolorise [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: decolorized, decolorizes, decolorizing

Type of: discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn]