cleanse
verb (used with object)
to make clean.
had cleansed
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past perfectof cleanse.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The justice then suggested that both states had cleansed their laws of bigotry by reenacting them in later years.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2020
Upon arrival, the crew is terrorized by Armus, a shape-shifting puddle of unidentifiable black slime, the byproduct of a process by which an alien race had cleansed itself of evil.
From The Verge ● Aug. 23, 2017
With the proliferation of electronic data banks, an association report charges, prosecutors would be encouraged to maintain illegal files on suspects and use the leads after a five-year wait had "cleansed" them.
From Time Magazine Archive
For rich and poor, the great and small, Found Ivory Soap had cleansed them all.
From Time Magazine Archive
"There was grievous news today, my lord. I did not wish to trouble you until you had cleansed yourself."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
