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pure
adjective as in unmixed, genuine
adjective as in clean, uncontaminated
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disinfected, germ-free, immaculate, intemerate, pasteurized, sanitary, snowy, spotless, stainless, sterile, sterilized, taintless, unblemished, undebased, unpolluted, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished
adjective as in virginal, chaste
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babe in woods, blameless, celibate, cherry, continent, exemplary, guileless, immaculate, inculpable, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, kid, lily white, maidenly, modest, pure as driven snow, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, unblighted, uncorrupted, undefiled, unprofaned, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, upright, virgin, virtuous, wet behind ears, wide-eyed
adjective as in absolute, utter
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blasted, blessed, complete, confounded, infernal, out-and-out, thorough, unqualified
adjective as in theoretical
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abstract, academic, philosophical, speculative, tentative, unproved
Example Sentences
On the basketball court, he was a rebounding power forward who relied on pure athleticism to score in transition as a sophomore on Sheldon’s state runner-up team.
Their task at the start was to “give certain rules to our language, to render it pure and eloquent” – to which end they set about writing their first dictionary.
“It’s neither” pure chance which homes burn nor completely determined by which home hardening measures were taken, she said.
California is set to approve regulations for transforming wastewater into pure drinking water.
They found in their report, which was funded by the DWP and released this week, that having Pure Water L.A. online would significantly increase the resiliency of the city’s drinking water supply in all scenarios.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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