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Definition blacken in British English

blacken verb

[intransitive/transitive] verb
/ˈblækən/
1

to become black, or to make something become black

Example

A mass of seagulls blackened the sky.

Example

The walls were blackened by decades of soot.

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Definition blacken in British English