Iodine is used to purify water.
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Purify
//ˈpjʊəɹɪfaɪ//
Synonyms for "purify" (140 found)
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Related words (70)
impairleachlessenlixiviatelustratenarrowoversimplifypardonpercolatepurgerectifyredeemreducereduce to elementsrefinereformremitremoverestrainretrench
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75 translations across 43 languages.
Aghwan
2 entries- 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- καθαρίζω verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- ἁγνίζω verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- ἁγνίζω verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
Arabic
1 entries- صَفَّى verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Armenian
1 entries- զտել verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Breton
1 entries- glanaat verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пречиствам verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Catalan
1 entries- purificar verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 使潔淨 /使洁净 verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- 使純淨 /使纯净 verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- 純化 /纯化 verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Dutch
2 entries- reinigen verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
- zuiveren verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Egyptian
1 entries- q-b-H-W15 verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Esperanto
3 entries- pekliberigi verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
- purigi verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- senpekigi verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
Finnish
2 entries- kirkastaa verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- puhdistaa verb (cleanse something of impurities)
French
2 entries- purifier verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- purifier verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
Friulian
1 entries- purificâ verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Galician
1 entries- purificar verb (cleanse something of impurities)
German
2 entries- rein machen verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
- reinigen verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
Greek
2 entries- εξαγνίζω verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
- καθαρίζω verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Hebrew
1 entries- טיהר verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Hungarian
3 entries- feloldoz verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
- megtisztít verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- megtisztít verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
Ido
1 entries- purigar verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Irish
2 entries- íonaigh verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- íonghlan verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Italian
1 entries- purificare verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Kazakh
2 entries- тазалау verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- тазарту verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Khmer
1 entries- បន្សុទ្ធ verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Latin
2 entries- abluō verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- purifico verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Māori
2 entries- whakahoromata verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- whakaparakore verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Nepali
2 entries- निर्मलीकरण verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- शुद्ध बनाउनु verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- utwahirisha verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
Persian
2 entries- خالص کردن verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- پالودن verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Piedmontese
1 entries- purifiché verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Polish
2 entries- oczyszczać verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- oczyścić verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Portuguese
1 entries- purificar verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Russian
2 entries- очи́стить verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- очища́ть verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Sanskrit
2 entries- पवयति verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- पवयति verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
Spanish
2 entries- depurar verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- purificar verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Swahili
2 entries- kusafisha verb (free someone from guilt or sin)
- takasa verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Swedish
1 entries- rena verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Thai
2 entries- ชำระล้าง verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- ทำให้บริสุทธิ์ verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལྷད་མེད་བཟོས verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Turkish
1 entries- arınmak verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Ukrainian
2 entries- очи́стити verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- очища́ти verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Welsh
4 entries- coethi verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- glanhau verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- pureiddio verb (cleanse something of impurities)
- puro verb (cleanse something of impurities)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Houseplants help purify the air.
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Sami wanted to know how to purify himself as a Muslim.
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I do not degrade you. I purify you.
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