Lye
Lye noun - A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
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Potassium hydroxide and lye are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Potassium hydroxide" with "Lye", this terms are similar.
Potassium hydroxide
Potassium hydroxide noun - A potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry.
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Synonyms for Potassium hydroxide
Lye and potassium hydroxide are semantically related. You can use "Lye" instead a noun phrase "Potassium hydroxide".
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- In this context, lye doesn't actually refer to potassium hydroxide, but rather to lye soap, so what Tarly really meant was to have the whore's privates washed out with soap.
Source: Body Horror / Literature - The punishment for a whore caught infecting Tarly men is to have her privates washed in lye (potassium hydroxide).
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Potassium hydroxide and Lye. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lye/potassium_hydroxide
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