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bleached

/bliːt͡ʃt/ adjective B2
  1. Whitened; made white using bleach · bleached cotton
  2. Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.
  3. Having the hair or skin lightened by bleaching.
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It was bleached."
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 17 · B2
One could see that he had indeed been a handsome man with clear-cut features sunburned by an African sun, but mottled in patches over this darker surface were curious whitish patches which had bleached his skin.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 20 · B2

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