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cleanse

Word family (noun) cleaner cleaning cleanliness clean cleanser (adjective) clean ≠ unclean (verb) clean cleanse (adverb) clean cleanly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Illness & disability cleansecleanse /klenz/ verb [transitive] 1 MICUREto make something completely clean Use a piece of gauze to cleanse the cut. The water is cleansed and reused.► see thesaurus at clean 2 to remove everything that is bad or immoral from a person’s character, an organization, or a place – used especially in news reportscleanse somebody/something of something The mayor was elected on a promise to cleanse the city government of corruption. → ethnic cleansing → See Verb table Examples from the Corpuscleanse• The wound was then cleansed and redressed aseptically.• This is a soul cleansing, carefully detailing the surrounding circumstances and the pressures that demanded that action be taken immediately.• Climbing the places he had loved came to seem like a cleansing experience for a sick soul.• Music had cleansed him as a river cleans a gorge through which it tumbles.• Swimming in open-air hot bathwater in view of ice-topped peaks is different, wonderfully different - cleansing, relaxing and just good.• Cleanse the wound with alcohol.• First I had to be cleansed - this meant drinking a lot of medicated water and throwing it up again.• They involve the same exfoliating, cleansing, toning and moisturising routines as facials.• She performed a 200-peso, or $ 25, ritual cleansing with herbs, flowers, chiles and perfumed lotions.• This lotion cleanses your skin deep down, while preserving its natural pH balance.cleanse somebody/something of something• The prisoners prayed that they would be cleansed of their sins.
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cleanse
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they cleanse
he, she, it cleanses
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they cleansed
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have cleansed
he, she, it has cleansed
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had cleansed
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will cleanse
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have cleansed
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Continuous Form
Present
I am cleansing
he, she, it is cleansing
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you, we, they are cleansing
Past
I, he, she, it was cleansing
you, we, they were cleansing
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been cleansing
he, she, it has been cleansing
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been cleansing
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be cleansing
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been cleansing
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