Antonyms for cleanse

Grammar : Verb

Spell : klenz

Phonetic Transcription : klɛnz

Definition of cleanse

Origin : Old English clænsian "to cleanse, purge, purify, chasten, justify," from West Germanic *klainson, from *klainoz (see clean (adj.)). Despite its modern spelling (16c.), it retains its Middle English pronunciation. Related: Cleansed; cleansing.

verb make undirty; wash

Example sentences :

And it wanted only a dozen purgatives to cleanse it entirely.
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

I was about to cleanse your body, and to clear it of its bad humours.
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

We have forgotten that water can cleanse, and fire purify, and that the Earth is mother to us all.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

It's surely time to drive her out of the temple, and cleanse it a little.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Cleanse me from the sin of worldly vanity that troubles me!'
Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy

Come and enter into me and cleanse me from all sin and save and bless my soul.
Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy

That my tears must cleanse a foul nation, my lamb be a sacrifice?
Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various

Then he tried to cleanse the face from the mud and the rain and the tears.
Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster

Well, after that, Ischomachus, we will proceed to cleanse the corn by winnowing.
Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon

Will it cause the women to wash themselves and cleanse their houses?
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

Synonyms for cleanse

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