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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
cleanse .
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Examples
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But rain cleanses and renews the world, preoparing the way for sunshine and new growth.
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One of the most common reasons people go on so-called "cleanses" is to flush toxins out of the body.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed CARLY WEEKS 2012
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In the last few years, the idea of cleanses has again evolved.
NYT > Home Page By JUDITH NEWMAN 2010
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Similarly. disemvoweling "cleanses" the text by editing the scatologism to a degree that a spell checker couldn't figure it out, but any reader could.
Scatologisms, maledictia, and other fun things joshenglish 2009
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Do not even consider going on any radical diets, such as juice fasts or "cleanses" or drastic calorie-cutting.
Robert Tornambe, M.D.: The 4-Day Holiday Makeover Plan M.D. Robert Tornambe 2010
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This is why we all need to go on media "cleanses" at times...
For Post-Academic: Heath Ledger Becca 2008
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But even before that procedure, before they're actually put under or sort of under, they also have to drink sort of a liquid, correct, that kind of cleanses the system?
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Michelle Obama down on beets, up on dietary 'cleanses'
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In Mr. Seo's complex, some tourists come to gaze at the charcoal glowing in kilns at night, believing this "cleanses" their minds.
NYT > Global Home 2010
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I think that kind of cleanses the palate and that needs to be there as well.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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