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cleanse someone/something of something
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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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cleanse
The 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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