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decolourise

decolourise is the alternative spelling of decolourize.

Meaning of decolourize

Verb

decolourize (third-person singular simple present decolourizes, present participle decolourizing, simple past and past participle decolourized)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To drain of colour, to remove the colour from.

Forms of decolourise

third-person singular presentdecolourises
present participledecolourising
past participledecolourised
pastdecolourised

Words formed from decolourise

Questions about decolourise

What is decolourise the alternative spelling of?
Decolourise is the alternative spelling of decolourize.

Words near decolourise in the dictionary

  1. decolourations
  2. decoloured
  3. decolouring
  4. decolourisation
  5. decolourisations
  6. decolourise
  7. decolourised
  8. decolouriser
  9. decolourisers
  10. decolourises
  11. decolourising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decolourise (page history and authors); decolourize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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