lustrated

verb

past tense of lustrate
as in purified

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  1. purified
  2. cleansed
  3. chastened
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  • But what if the water and nutrients could be purified from whey permeate and used for other purposes?
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Once hydrogen is flowing from the ground, how will the gas be purified?
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of purified
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  • What lies before us is not a world cleansed of fraud, but a world in which the speed of both deception and defense keeps rising, so that the responsibility shared between institutions and individuals grows more important.
    — Dennis-Kenji Kipker, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • The Beneš Decrees that ethnically cleansed tens of thousands of Hungarians from southern Slovakia after the war are still affecting contemporary Slovak-Hungarian relations today.
    — Brett R. Chloupek, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
Definition of cleansed
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  • Perhaps my sisters would say that my sojourn in Kansas and Missouri, and then all the way to Massachusetts to visit my dead husband’s family, chastened me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • By now too many of us are wary of what’s being sold — sensitized by two years of deepfakes and soft slop, chastened by two decades of social media and rage-farming.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
Definition of chastened
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“Lustrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustrated. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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