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101purify — [v] free; make clean absolve, aerate, aerify, atone, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, edulcorate, elutriate, exculpate, exonerate, expiate, filter, fumigate, lustrate, oxygenate,… …
102detergente — (Del ant. part. act. de deterger). 1. adj. Que deterge. 2. Med. detersorio. U. t. c. s. m.) 3. m. Sustancia o producto que limpia químicamente …
103absterge — [ab stʉrj′] vt. absterged, absterging [L abstergere < ab(s) , away + tergere, to wipe: see DETERGE] Archaic 1. to wipe away; clean 2. to purge abstergent adj., n. abstersion [ab stʉr′shən] n …
104detergent — [dē tʉr′jənt, ditʉr′jənt] adj. [L detergens, prp. of detergere: see DETERGE] cleansing n. a cleansing substance; specif., a surface active chemical preparation, as, now esp., a linear alkyl sulfonate, that is capable of emulsifying dirt or oil:… …
105detersive — [dē tʉr′siv, ditʉr′siv] adj., n. [Fr détersif < L detersus, pp. of detergere: see DETERGE] detergent …
106wipe away — verb remove by wiping • Syn: ↑wipe off • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw • Hyponyms: ↑deterge …
107wipe off — verb 1. remove by wiping (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑wipe away • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw • Hyponyms: ↑ …
108mundify — ˈməndəˌfī transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ es) Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French mondifier to cleanse, from Late Latin mundificare, from Latin mundus clean + ificare ify more at moss : to wash thoroughly : deterge …
109detersion — /di tûrˈshən/ noun The act of cleansing ORIGIN: See ↑deterge • • • deterˈsive adjective and noun Detergent …
