"destinkify" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-destinkify.ogg [Australia] Forms: destinkifies [present, singular, third-person], destinkifying [participle, present], destinkified [participle, past], destinkified [past]
Etymology: de- + stink + -ify Etymology templates: {{confix|en|de|stink|ify}} de- + stink + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} destinkify (third-person singular simple present destinkifies, present participle destinkifying, simple past and past participle destinkified)
  1. (slang, humorous) To mask or remove the odor from; to deodorize. Tags: humorous, slang Synonyms: defunkify

Inflected forms

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