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as in purged
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
in an elaborate ritual the priestess cleansed the gathering of supplicants
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as in cleaned
to remove the dirt from
cleanse the wound with soap and water before applying the bandage
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Verb
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And kind of purged the people around us that kind of always tried to drive wedges for petty little gains.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024 -
Late last month, Xi purged one of his closest proteges in the military – a decades-old associate entrusted with instilling political loyalty in the PLA and vetting senior promotions.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
15 Dec. 2024
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But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
25 May 2024
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There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.—
Chantha Nguon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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This is because unlike polished surfaces which can look and feel cold and sterile, these matte finishes add depth and introduce softness into a kitchen.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2025
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Typically, the ambiance is sterile rather than soothing.—
Maxine Lipner,
Verywell Health,
3 Feb. 2025
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The women alleged the department’s lack of sanitary pumping places caused several of them to develop mastitis, an inflammation of breast tissue that sometimes involves an infection.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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It was designed to divert both sanitary and stormwater flow from Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs and has a capacity of just under 8 billion gallons.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Cleansed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleansed. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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