| 释义 | cleanse someone/something of something collocation
 to remove something morally bad from a place, a person, or a situation:
 The mayor has promised to cleanse the city of drug dealers.
 Roman Catholics go to confession to be cleansed of their sins.罗马天主教徒用忏悔来涤除自己的罪恶。
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 cleanseThe new government has promised to cleanse politics of corruption.
 There is a campaign to cleanse the city of ugliness by pulling down some old buildings.
 This is the only way to cleanse yourself of this darkness.
 The pilgrims hoped it would cleanse them of their sins.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Religious concepts: forgiveness in religion
 absolution
 absolve
 cleanse
 confess
 confession
 deliverance
 grace
 redeem
 redemption
 redemptive
 remission
 salvation
 salvific
 shrive
 
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