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cleanse

/klɛnz/verb1 syllable

Cleanse means: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing.

Synonyms for cleanse3

verb, as in clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

also used for cleanse

deterge, cleansing

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What does cleanse mean?2

verb

1

clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing“clean up before you see your grandparents”

2

purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins“Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with cleanse?4

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Cleanse in a sentence

  • Fasting helps the body cleanse and repair itself.Eccles17
  • We have to cleanse the country of traitors.frpzzd
  • He cleansed the wound before putting on a bandage.CK
  • Benedito cleansed his face with water before bed.Amastan
  • What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.ddnktr
  • The Europeans hired an exorcist to cleanse their continent of demons.nonong
  • If you wash your towels with this odor cleanse, you're not going to regret it.Amastan
  • At kidney dialysis centers like this, machines do what healthy kidneys do: cleanse people's blood.Cangarejo

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Forms of cleanse

as a verb

past tense
cleansed
present participle
cleansing
third-person singular
cleanses
past participle
cleansed