cleanse

/klenz/
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cleanse

She uses a gentle soap to cleanse her face before bed.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To make thoroughly clean; to purify: To remove dirt, impurities, or unwanted substances from something, often through washing or a similar process.
    • To free from guilt, sin, or moral corruption: To purify spiritually or emotionally; to rid of bad feelings, thoughts, or a negative condition.
Examples of Usage
  • Verb:
    • The nurse will cleanse the wound with an antiseptic.
    • Many people use special lotions to cleanse their skin.
    • He sought to cleanse his mind of negative thoughts through meditation.
    • The ritual is intended to cleanse the spirit.
Advanced Usage
  • "to cleanse oneself of something": To free oneself from guilt, sin, or a negative influence.
    • She wanted to cleanse herself of her past mistakes.
  • "to cleanse something from something": To remove an impurity or unwanted element from a place or thing.
    • The goal is to cleanse corruption from the government.
Variants and Related Words
  • Cleanser (n): A substance used for cleaning, especially for the skin.
    • She bought a gentle facial cleanser.
  • Cleansing (n/adj):
    • (n) The act or process of making something clean or pure. The spring water is used for ritual cleansing.
    • (adj) Serving to clean or purify. The diet had a cleansing effect.
Synonyms
  • Purify: To make pure, especially by removing contaminants.
  • Scour: To clean or polish by hard rubbing.
  • Detoxify: To remove toxic substances.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Cleanse" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. The action is typically expressed directly or with prepositions like "of" or "from.")

Related Idioms
  • "Cleanse one's palate": To eat or drink something to remove the taste of a previous food or drink.
    • A sip of sorbet between courses cleanses the palate.
  • "Ethnic cleansing": (A fixed, modern political term) The systematic forced removal or killing of an ethnic or religious group from a geographic area.
    • The international court condemned the acts of ethnic cleansing.
cleanse

She uses a gentle soap to cleanse her face before bed.

Verb
  1. purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
    • Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins
  2. clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
    • clean up before you see your grandparents
    • clean your fingernails before dinner

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