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Synonyms for cleansing
cleans·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
cleaning, cleansing, cleanupadjective
the act of making something clean
"he gave his shoes a good cleaning"
Synonyms:
cleanup position, cleanup spot, killing, cleaning, cleanupAntonyms:
infected, adulterating, septic, adulterantablutionary, cleansingadjective
cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands
"ablutionary rituals"
Synonyms:
purifying, ablutionaryAntonyms:
septic, infected, adulterating, adulterantcleansing, purifyingadjective
acting like an antiseptic
Synonyms:
purging, purgatorial, purifying, ablutionaryAntonyms:
infected, septic, adulterant, adulterating
Dictionary of English Synonymes
cleansingnoun
Synonyms:
purification, purifyingcleansingadjective
Synonyms:
purifying, purgative, abstergent, cathartic
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
cleansingadjective
Synonyms:
detergent, abstergent, abstersive, detersive, purifyingcleansingnoun
Synonyms:
purification, detersion, purgation, abstersion, lustration, expurgation
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1809 | clean | |
#2732 | cleaning | |
#3369 | clearance | |
#5204 | wash | |
#5377 | killing | |
#5582 | cleaner | |
#6365 | debug | |
#7162 | washing | |
#8829 | clearing | |
#9930 | cleanup | |
#11216 | debugging | |
#11416 | washed | |
#11996 | purification | |
#13253 | cleanliness | |
#14151 | cleansing | |
#19374 | laundering | |
#21908 | purge | |
#37012 | purifying | |
#43149 | purged | |
#44190 | purging | |
#44191 | cleansed | |
#81672 | purges | |
#256087 | depuration |
How to use cleansing in a sentence?
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.
We condemn the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Burma and the atrocities committed against them.
We are witnessing ethnic cleansing in Syria by Turkey, the destruction of a reliable ally in the Kurds, and the reemergence of ISIS.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:
Russia is trying to make ethnic cleansing in northern Latakia to force all Turkmen and Sunni population who do not have good relations with the regime, they want to expel them, they want to ethnically cleanse this area so that regime and Russian bases in Latakia and Tartus are protected.
The wider issue is people being priced out of London and someone needs to bring attention to it, it is social cleansing...I hope we can win our case and become a symbol of hope for the housing movement.
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