Cleanse
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Friday, 3 Dec 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 1 Dec 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 13 May 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Friday, 5 Mar 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 24 Feb 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020
  • The Guardian Quick - Saturday, 18 Apr 2020
  • The Guardian Quick - Friday, 8 Feb 2019
  • The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 24 Dec 2018
  • The New York Times Crossword - Friday, 16 Nov 2018
  • The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 8 May 2016

Crossword Answers

3 letters

RID
Relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"

4 letters

WASH
The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

LAVE
Wash one's face and hands; "She freshened up in the bathroom"

5 letters

BATHE
The act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"

PURGE
An abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin"

CLEAN
A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead

SCRUB
The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

RINSE
Washing lightly without soap

6 letters

PURIFY
Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"

7 letters

LAUNDER
Convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones

DETERGE
Wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body; "This drug is powerful enough to deterge"

8 letters

SANITIZE
Make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features; "sanitize a document before releasing it to the press"; "sanitize history"; "sanitize the language in a book"

9 letters

DISINFECT
Destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound"

13 letters

DECONTAMINATE
Rid of contamination; "The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city"