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Yes, blanch is playable

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"Blanch" Definition

verb-transitive

To cause to turn white or become pale.
To scald (almonds, for example) in order to loosen the skin.
To scald (food) briefly, as before freezing or as a preliminary stage in preparing a dish.
To take the color from; bleach.
To whiten (a growing plant or plant part) by covering to cut off direct light.

verb-intransitive

To turn white or become pale: Their faces blanched in terror.

verb

to take the color out of as.
To bleach by excluding light.
To scald or parboil in water or steam in order to remove the skin from, whiten, or stop enzymatic action in (as food for freezing).
To make ashen or pale .
To become white or pale.

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