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whitewash

('/hw//aI/t,w/A//S/ )

a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score(noun.event)

source: wordnet30
wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.(noun)

source: webster1913

cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error(verb.perception)

Example:
Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin.

Synonym:
gloss over, hush up, sleek over

source: wordnet30
cover with whitewash(verb.contact)

Example:
Whitewash walls.

source: wordnet30
exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data(verb.communication)

source: wordnet30
To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.(verb)

source: webster1913
In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that he fails to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk.(verb)

source: webster1913

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