Flush the wound with water, cleanse with mild soap and wash the area thoroughly.
It aimed to cleanse the city's waterways of urban pollution in compliance with state and federal law.
The intense internal heat generated by his sort of yoga was meant to purify and cleanse the body.
Ethnically cleanse the land in order to become a majority.
The plants in turn filter the water and cleanse it before returning to the fish tanks.
Saliva contains enzymes that begin the digestion process, and help cleanse the mouth by washing away bacteria and food particles.
Moisturizers moisturize, fresheners freshen and cleansers cleanse.
Folk forms could cleanse culture of the artificiality that, he felt, was poisoning modern life.
BP can then buy back the subsidiary or subsidiaries in bankruptcy and cleanse it of these liabilities.
Cosmetics are products people use to cleanse or change the look of the face or body.
British Dictionary definitions for cleanse
cleanse
/klɛnz/
verb (transitive)
1.
to remove dirt, filth, etc, from
2.
to remove guilt from
3.
to remove a group of people from (an area) by means of ethnic cleansing
Derived Forms
cleansable, adjective
Word Origin
Old English clǣnsian; related to Middle Low German klēnsen; see clean
Word Origin and History for cleanse
v.
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.