purifying

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Sartre argued that for the antisemite, “there is no question of building a new society, but only of purifying the one that exists.”

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

The companies purifying water look like better bets than the high-tech customers who use it.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

A post-death purifying fire seems a process of purgation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The event is deeply rooted in Hindu mythology and centres on the belief in the purifying power of sacred rivers.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

He watched the procession move off, Iphigenia leading with the image, Orestes and Pylades following, and attendants carrying vessels for the purifying rite.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton