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| 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 |
| Main Entry: | expurgate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | censor, cut |
| Synonyms: | bleep, bleep out, blip, blue pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, cleanse, decontaminate, lustrate, purge, purify, sanitize, screen, scrub, squash, sterilize |
| Antonyms: | allow, permit |
| 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 |
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