cleanse

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UK /klenz/
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1.

to make something thoroughly clean

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She used a special soap to cleanse her face.
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The rain helped to cleanse the air of pollutants.
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purifycleanwashscrubrinse
2.

to rid someone or something of an unwelcome feeling, memory, or belief

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He hoped the confession would cleanse his soul.
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The ritual was believed to cleanse participants of negative energy.
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exorcisepurgeabsolveredeempurify