DECOCTED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

decocted

verb

past tense of decoct

as in distilled

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The new reposado was made from agave pinas that were cooked in a combination of autoclaves and brick ovens before being double-distilled in copper and stainless-steel stills.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026
The vapors that had risen from warm bodies in the pews would have carried syllables mixed with candle-soot, distilled as condensation on the chapel windows.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

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In fact, a 2025 study found that 28 percent of people with telogen effluvium had reduced ferritin levels, while no one in the control group had a deficiency.

— Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
By 2020, however, it had been reduced to a century-and-a-half-old ruin running a mile along the River Lee and in the midst of condo conversion.

— Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026

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Since 2022, according to data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the party has formally purged three dozen generals and lieutenant generals, and many more are conspicuously missing.

— ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
The top 10 percent of the entire military chain of command has been purged.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of purged

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Fleck cleaned himself up, but had remnants of blood stains on his right white sleeve during postgame.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
The bathroom on the third floor wasn’t getting cleaned because the cleaning supplies were distributed across the basement, first, and second floors.

— Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of cleaned

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These were journeys that both cleansed my soul and offered it a new kind of nourishment.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
A lot happened while Rohan and I were on vacation, but the one thing still on my mind — freshly cleansed by Hudson Valley air — is Kevin Warsh’s speech in Jackson Hole.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of cleansed

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