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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purify |
| Synonyms: | clean, cleanse, depurate, distill, filter, rarefy, refine |
| Antonyms: | dirty, muddle, muddy |
| Main Entry: | purge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rid of; clean out |
| Synonyms: | abolish, absolve, clarify, cleanse, clear, depurate, disabuse, dismiss, dispose of, do away with, eject, eradicate, erase, excrete, exonerate, expel, expiate, expunge, exterminate, forgive, kill, liquidate, oust, pardon, prevent, purify, remove, rout out, shake out, sweep out, unload, wash, wipe off map, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | purify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free; make clean |
| Synonyms: | absolve, aerate, aerify, atone, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, edulcorate, elutriate, exculpate, exonerate, expiate, filter, fumigate, lustrate, oxygenate, purge, rarify, redeem, refine, remit, sanctify, sanitize, shrive, sublimate, wash |
| Antonyms: | adulterate, corrupt, dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | lustrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purify |
| Synonyms: | absolve, aerate, aerify, atone, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, edulcorate, elutriate, exculpate, exonerate, expiate, filter, fumigate, oxygenate, purge, rarify, redeem, refine, remit, sanctify, sanitize, shrive, sublimate, wash |
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