cleansed
past simple and past participle ofcleanse
| 单词 | cleansed |
| 释义 | cleansed past simple and past participle ofcleanse cleanse verb[T] uk/klenz/us/klenz/to make somethingcompletelyclean: Cleanse thecut/woundthoroughlybefore youbandageit. to make something clean
to make someone or somethingmorallycleanorpure: to cleanse thethoughtsofourhearts RomanCatholicsgo toconfessionto be cleansedoftheirsins. figurativeThemayorhaspromisedto cleanse thecityofdrugdealers(= toremovethem from thecity). Cleaning generally
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Religious concepts: forgiveness in religion Examplesofcleansedcleansed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It was that 'stain' that had to be removed for the monument to becleansed. From theCambridge English Corpus It is interesting that in their discourse, the supporters of the demolition emphasised the sanctity of the monument and its need to be 'cleansed'. From theCambridge English Corpus That hascleansedthe classical operatic heritage of the filth that has clung to it for many decades. From theCambridge English Corpus Cleansedis set in a sanatorium, somewhere on a university campus, in a rich western country. From theCambridge English Corpus With these scapegoats destroyed, the community itself iscleansed, ensuring that normality will return without further suffering. From theCambridge English Corpus Revivalists thought their salvationcleansedthem of the pollution of sorcery. From theCambridge English Corpus The army annihilated, or ethnicallycleansed, the village. From theCambridge English Corpus Then it could be channeled through a filter of formal logic and properlycleansed. From theCambridge English Corpus Clear definitions and expressionscleansedof rhetorical excess or emotional distortion are the means for conveying objective truths or intentions, fixing meanings and achieving consensus. From theCambridge English Corpus Amphibian vitellogenesis platinum replicas werecleansedwith sodium hypochlorite and mounted on uncoated copper grids. From theCambridge English Corpus They must be 'cleansed' from society by any means available since they have forfeited their rights. From theCambridge English Corpus Sentinels were confined within a cattle race and an area of the hide (c. 100 mm x 100 mm) wascleansedand shaved before administration of a local anaesthetic (lignocaine). From theCambridge English Corpus Hughes' plan for each inmate to becleansedand deloused took longer than anticipated. From theCambridge English Corpus In order to reduce the complexity of the text, as well as the resulting computational costs, the index terms to be retained are all the nouns from thecleansedtext. From theCambridge English Corpus When he is discovered and the story of his crime is told, the cosmos in which he is placed is rid of uncertainty and the communitycleansedof guilt. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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