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Synonyms for cleanse
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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. cleanse

    To clean is to make clean by removing dirt, impurities, or soil of any kind. Cleanse implies a worse condition to start from, and more to do, than clean. Hercules cleansed the Augean stables. Cleanse is especially applied to purifying processes where liquid is used, as in the flushing of a street, etc. We brush clothing if dusty, sponge it, or sponge it off, if soiled; or sponge off a spot. Furniture, books, etc., are dusted; floors are mopped or scrubbed; metallic utensils are scoured; a room is swept; soiled garments are washed; foul air or water is purified. Cleanse and purify are used extensively in a moral sense; wash in that sense is archaic. Compare AMEND.

    Synonyms:
    brush, clean, disinfect, dust, lave, mop, purify, rinse, scour, scrub, sponge, sweep, wash, wipe

    Antonyms:
    befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, deprave, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, vitiate

    Preposition:
    Cleanse of or from physical or moral defilement; cleanse with an instrument; by an agent; the room was cleansed by the attendants with soap and water.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cleanse, cleanverb

    clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

    "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"

    Synonyms:
    pick, scavenge, clean, make clean, houseclean, clean house, strip

  2. cleanseverb

    purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins

    "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"

    Synonyms:
    clean

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cleanseverb

    Synonyms:
    purify, clean, make clean, free from dirt

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  1. cleanseverb

    Synonyms:
    purify, deterge, absterge, wash, disinfect, fumigate, depurate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "cleanse":

    purify, clean, purge, wash

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How to use cleanse in a sentence?

  1. Associate Justice:

    This repackaging does little to cleanse [the policy] of the appearance of discrimination that the president’s words have created, based on the evidence in the record, a reasonable observer would conclude that the proclamation was motivated by anti-Muslim animus.

  2. Greg Valliere:

    Of course they want to be on the winning side, but I think there's almost a sense of shame over getting in bed with Trump. If business wants to take a shower and cleanse themselves, I'll happily focus on this change of attitude rather than any self-serving motives.

  3. Julia Misley:

    I want this action to expose an industry that protects celebrity offenders, to cleanse and hold accountable an industry that both exploited and allowed me to be exploited for years, along with so many other naïve and vulnerable kids and adults.

  4. John H Aughey:

    God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them.

  5. President Tayyip Erdogan:

    We will not only cleanse the cities of terrorists but, through urban regeneration, (eliminate) conditions that have allowed them to act.


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