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Purifying

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Ablutionary 84% connected

Pertaining to ablution.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Ablutionary 84% connected

Pertaining to ablution.

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Antiseptic 84% connected

Alt. of Antiseptical

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Antiseptic 84% connected

Alt. of Antiseptical

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Cleansing 84% connected

of Cleanse

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Cleansing 84% connected

of Cleanse

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Detergent 84% connected

Cleansing; purging.

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Detergent 84% connected

Cleansing; purging.

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Detersive 84% connected

Cleansing; detergent.

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Detersive 84% connected

Cleansing; detergent.

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Pertains to 1

Purge 66% connected

To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that this form pertains to the related lexical concept.

Synonym 3

Cleansing 92% connected

of Cleanse

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Purgatorial 92% connected

Alt. of Purgatorian

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Purging 92% connected

of Purge

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 2

Adulterant 94% connected

That which is used to adulterate anything.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Adulterant 94% connected

That which is used to adulterate anything.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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