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to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
in an elaborate ritual the priestess cleansed the gathering of supplicants
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as in cleaned
to remove the dirt from
cleanse the wound with soap and water before applying the bandage
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Recent Examples of cleansed
Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Under eclipses, artifacts will also be corrupted and have drawbacks that can be cleansed by beating the world’s Overlord.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
My skin was quenched and cleansed at once, and Vargas’ fluency in her craft made the time absolutely fly by.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 15 Mar. 2026
The goal in the West Bank is to create a homogenous ethnicity in a space that is being cleansed of Palestinians, and to expand the Israeli footprint there.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
When one heart is cleansed, the vibration of wholeness ripples outward.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Once your face is cleansed, don’t reach for your face towel just yet.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 28 Jan. 2026
The three pools source their water from a well in the grounds, which is then treated and distributed; and the Long Pool is treated and cleansed with natural salt instead of chlorine.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
This soap never strips the skin of moisture, leaving your face and body perfectly cleansed and your skin barrier stronger than before.
—Olivia Rose Rushing, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
Allen cleansed himself in the process.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Under eclipses, artifacts will also be corrupted and have drawbacks that can be cleansed by beating the world’s Overlord.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
My skin was quenched and cleansed at once, and Vargas’ fluency in her craft made the time absolutely fly by.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 15 Mar. 2026
The goal in the West Bank is to create a homogenous ethnicity in a space that is being cleansed of Palestinians, and to expand the Israeli footprint there.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
When one heart is cleansed, the vibration of wholeness ripples outward.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Once your face is cleansed, don’t reach for your face towel just yet.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 28 Jan. 2026
The three pools source their water from a well in the grounds, which is then treated and distributed; and the Long Pool is treated and cleansed with natural salt instead of chlorine.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
This soap never strips the skin of moisture, leaving your face and body perfectly cleansed and your skin barrier stronger than before.
—Olivia Rose Rushing, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleansed
Adjective
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Pre-washed rice has already been rinsed, so washing it again is unnecessary.—
Aksha Mittapalli,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 June 2026
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Or toss in pre-washed strawberries for your next picnic at the park.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
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At various points during his interview with Sobchak, Dugin called the sport of surfing evil and said that its practitioners should be purged.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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Burgum purged the department of roughly 13,000 staffers last year and announced efforts to reduce its workforce by even more in April.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Remote Controls, Light Switches, and Electronics Television remotes, gaming controllers, keyboards, and other electronics are touched constantly but may rarely get cleaned.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
16 June 2026
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After removing the tick, the bite area should be cleaned with soap and water, rubbing alcohol, or another antiseptic.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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The report finds that purified terephthalic acid production and monoethylene glycol, used to polymerize polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, are the biggest contributors across nearly all environmental impact categories.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
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The scientists demonstrated that tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) spontaneously formed when mixtures of purified coat protein and its genomic RNA were incubated together.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
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But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
25 May 2024
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There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.—
Chantha Nguon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2024
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Nippon Dynawave employs hundreds to produce bleached paperboard that is used to make cartons and containers for products like juice and milk.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
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Degummed fiber that has been scoured and either bleached or semi-bleached for knits and lightweight fabrics and yarn produced by Culturewell are also available.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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Rub a small amount of oil, like mayonnaise or vegetable oil, on the whitened area; natural oils should suffice.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
4 Mar. 2026
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That was eradicated a decade later only with the help of sterile flies, as the US and Mexico scaled up production to as many as 500 million insects a week.—
Ilena Peng,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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For shoppers chasing a fragrance that feels personal rather than sterile, 2026 is shaping up as the year of the bee.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
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“Cleansed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleansed. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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