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Rapidly Brightening Star Crossword Clue

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noun

• a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process

24%6 Laundry aid for optical brightening
noun

• used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

• a process that makes something blue (or bluish)

24%8 Process of brightening illustrations with hues
noun

• a digestible substance used to give color to food

• a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

• the act or process of changing the color of something

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