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whitewashing 刷大白浆 刷大白浆 Whitewash \ White" wash`\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Whitewashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Whitewashing}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear ( a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts. [ 1913 Webster] 3. In various games, to defeat ( an opponent) so that he fails to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk. [ Colloq., U. S.] [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. to gloss over or cover up ( crimes or misfeasance). [ PJC] 49 Moby Thesaurus words for " whitewashing": albification, allowance, blanching, bleaching, calcimining, clobbering, coating, color, covering, crushing defeat, decisive defeat, decontamination, enameling, etiolation, extenuating circumstances, extenuation, extenuative, fresco, frosting, gilding, glazing, gloss, glossing, grizzling, japanning, mitigation, no contest, overwhelming defeat, painting, palliation, palliative, pasting, priming, qualification, shellacking, silvering, smashing defeat, smearing, softening, staining, stippling, total defeat, undercoating, utter defeat, varnish, varnishing, whitening, whitewash, whopping
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