deodorise

“It's called survival and in times of war (no matter what expedient title politicos and pacifists hang on it, to deodorise it) you do what has to be done to exhibit your own strength and exploit the weakness of the enemy.”

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“If at 'any time it is necessary to throw away a quantity of inexpensive spent liquor which may smell offensively, a small quantity of the crystals of permanganate of potassa will instantly deodorise a large quantity of fluid, and this without adding to it any offensive scent of its own, as in the case of chloride of lime or carbolic acid.”

Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.

“_ "To deodorise" is to gild the statue of a heathen deity.”

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893

“Brace yourself and deodorise in anticipation of audience interaction as Sweet creates a wake for his stellar-synopsis compiling sibling, which he insists will be "bloody fun" from the outset.”

Londonist

“On the plus side, original Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons has been involved to deodorise the project with a whiff of authenticity.”

Eurogamer