Synonyms for cleansing
cleans·ing

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1. cleaning, cleansing, cleanupadjective

   the act of making something clean

   "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

   Synonyms:
   cleanup position, cleanup spot, killing, cleaning, cleanup

   Antonyms:
   infected, adulterating, septic, adulterant

2. ablutionary, cleansingadjective

   cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands

   "ablutionary rituals"

   Synonyms:
   purifying, ablutionary

   Antonyms:
   septic, infected, adulterating, adulterant

3. cleansing, purifyingadjective

   acting like an antiseptic

   Synonyms:
   purging, purgatorial, purifying, ablutionary

   Antonyms:
   infected, septic, adulterant, adulterating

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1. cleansingnoun

   Synonyms:
   purification, purifying

2. cleansingadjective

   Synonyms:
   purifying, purgative, abstergent, cathartic

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1. cleansingadjective

   Synonyms:
   detergent, abstergent, abstersive, detersive, purifying

2. cleansingnoun

   Synonyms:
   purification, detersion, purgation, abstersion, lustration, expurgation

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1. List of paraphrases for "cleansing":

   cleaning, purification, debugging, clean-up, debug, purge, clean, cleanup, washing, cleanliness, depuration, cleaner, cleansed, clearance, purges, lustration, clearing, purging, washed, laundering, wash, purged, purifying

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How to use cleansing in a sentence?

1. Nina Rawlings:

   I had a feeling, too, because she wasn't drinking and she was like' cleansing,' and so when she announced I was like, ‘ I knew it. ’.

2. Mickey Mehta:

   Today life is going through unstable paces, animals slaved in cages and food exhibited in show-cases. We eat thrash, our language is brash, life is a dash and humanity is about to crash. Black is cash, party is a bash and cleansing is just a splash. Wake up, come back to nature or else a human being will just be reduced to a caricature . Let your life be naturalized, get MickeyMized.

3. Shorsh Hassan:

   We will continue cleansing one village after another, and after that, we will continue to liberate all of Rojava and all Syrian soil from this terrorist organization Daesh, this is the promise we have made to ourselves and to the Kurdish and Syrian people.

4. John Allen:

   There was no chance( Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would keep Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promise, and full blown ethnic cleansing is underway by Turkish supported militias, this is what happens when Trump follows his instincts and because of his alignment with autocrats.

5. Suu Kyi:

   I think there is a lot of hostility there -- it is Muslims killing Muslims as well, if they think they are cooperating with the authorities, it is not just a matter of ethnic cleansing, as you put it -- it is a matter of people on different sides of the divide, and this divide we are trying to close up.