Synonyms for cleanse
klɛnzcleanse

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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 WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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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1. • Groom
   • Rid

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1. cleanseverb

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

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1. cleanseverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "cleanse":

   purify, clean, purge, wash

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How to use cleanse in a sentence?

1. John H Aughey:

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

2. Shauna Martin:

   On Martin's quest to prevent recurrence, she started a diet of only raw vegan foods and green juices. I would go to the farmers’ market and just buy everything that I could find and see, and I would juice half, make salads with the other half, and it was amazing how quickly I rebounded from the toxins from all the chemotherapy. My hair grew back quickly, my skin started to really glow— and then the energy, I’d never had that much energy in my entire life. After years of juicing at home, Martin left her corporate job and launched Daily Greens, a national cold-pressed green juice company. I realized what I'm most passionate about in life is trying to make other people healthy, and for me that really starts with a green juice every day, Martin said. Martin continued her mission to motivate others, and published her recipes and personal health plan in her book, Daily Greens, 4-Day Cleanse.

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. Caroline Kaufman:

   Anyone can lose weight in the short-term, whether it's a cookie bar diet, a juice cleanse or a high-protein, low-carb fest, but what can help you keep that weight off? That's the only diet you really want to find. And it's not going to be a diet at all. It's got to be a lifestyle change.

5. Ismet Sheik Hassan:

   Yes there is a willingness to enter Raqqa because we want to cleanse all of Syria. We want to get rid of all of ISIS. We have sworn anywhere that there is ISIS, we must get rid of them for the sake of a free, democratic and plural Syria.