Cleanse me! Release me! Set me free!
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Cleanse
//klɛnz//
Synonyms for "cleanse" (78 found)
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Translations
62 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- καθαίρω verb (to clean, purify)
- καθαρίζω verb (to clean, purify)
- καθαρίζω verb (to spiritually purify)
- ἁγνίζω verb (to clean, purify)
Breton
1 entries- glanaat verb (to clean, purify)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изчиствам verb (to clean, purify)
- почиствам verb (to clean, purify)
- пречиствам verb (to spiritually purify)
Chinese
1 entries- 清洗 verb (to clean, purify)
Czech
4 entries- očistit verb (to clean, purify)
- očistit se verb (to clean, purify)
- očistit se verb (to spiritually purify)
- pročistit verb (to clean, purify)
Dutch
2 entries- reinigen verb (to clean, purify)
- schoonmaken verb (to clean, purify)
Finnish
2 entries- puhdistaa verb (to clean, purify)
- puhdistaa verb (to spiritually purify)
French
1 entries- purifier verb (to spiritually purify)
German
3 entries- Reinigung noun (purification, cleansing)
- reinigen verb (to clean, purify)
- säubern verb (to clean, purify)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to clean, purify)
Hebrew
2 entries- איבק verb (to clean, purify)
- טיהר verb (to spiritually purify)
Italian
4 entries- detergere verb (to clean, purify)
- pulire verb (to clean, purify)
- purificare verb (to clean, purify)
- purificare verb (to spiritually purify)
Japanese
3 entries- 浄化する verb (to clean, purify)
- 浄化する verb (to spiritually purify)
- 清める verb (to clean, purify)
Korean
2 entries- 씻다 verb (to clean, purify)
- 정화하다 verb (to spiritually purify)
Latin
3 entries- abluō verb (to clean, purify)
- luo verb (to clean, purify)
- mundo verb (to clean, purify)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- utwaharisha verb (to spiritually purify)
Old English
2 entries- clǣnsian verb (to clean, purify)
- fǣlsian verb (to clean, purify)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طهارتلنمك verb (to clean, purify)
- طهارتلنمك verb (to spiritually purify)
Polish
2 entries- oczyścić verb (to clean, purify)
- oczyścić verb (to spiritually purify)
Portuguese
2 entries- limpar verb (to clean, purify)
- purificar verb (to spiritually purify)
Russian
2 entries- очищать verb (to clean, purify)
- очищать verb (to spiritually purify)
Sanskrit
3 entries- क्षिपति verb (to clean, purify)
- पवयति verb (to clean, purify)
- पवयति verb (to spiritually purify)
Spanish
4 entries- acendrar verb (to clean, purify)
- acrisolar verb (to clean, purify)
- aquilatar verb (to clean, purify)
- cendrar verb (to clean, purify)
Thai
4 entries- ชำระ verb (to clean, purify)
- ชำระ verb (to spiritually purify)
- ล้าง verb (to clean, purify)
- ล้าง verb (to spiritually purify)
Turkish
2 entries- taharetlenmek verb (to spiritually purify)
- temizlemek verb (to clean, purify)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
That red cloth is a "fukusa"; it is a vital tool used to cleanse the tea equipment.
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The Europeans hired an exorcist to cleanse their continent of demons.
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They found no hurt or blood upon him, but there was a quantity of mud and dirt about his hair and indeed his whole person, and he thought it would be best to cleanse himself.
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