1
as in to purge
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
Catholics go to confession to be purified
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as in to filter
to remove usually visible impurities from
purify the water by distillation
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Recent Examples of purify
In Hinduism, the deity Ganga is an eminent mother figure who purifies, pardons, and provides moksha, the ultimate eternal bliss.
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Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Modoc Stories Inspections by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division in March 2024 showed that the facility needed repairs to multiple pieces of equipment, including the tanks designed to help purify water passing through the system.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
In wellness circles, the drink is credited with a draining, detoxifying, and purifying action that may assist the body’s natural detox processes and help counter occasional constipation.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2026
Fears washed away, cleanse and purify.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
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Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Modoc Stories Inspections by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division in March 2024 showed that the facility needed repairs to multiple pieces of equipment, including the tanks designed to help purify water passing through the system.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
In wellness circles, the drink is credited with a draining, detoxifying, and purifying action that may assist the body’s natural detox processes and help counter occasional constipation.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2026
Fears washed away, cleanse and purify.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purify
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Unless a Nest user subscribes to a service that allows for quick access to review footage recorded on a device, Google routinely purges the footage rather than retain it indefinitely, said Stacey Higginbotham, a policy fellow at Consumer Reports who specializes in cybersecurity issues.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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From 2016 to 2019, around 4,000 judges in Turkey were purged and replaced with far less experienced judges who are supporters of Erdoğan.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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If any part of that is uncertain — weak GPS data, offshore photos, older images — the result gets filtered out.—
Ken Colburn,
AZCentral.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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But it’s filtered through her sensibility, which is contemporary.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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In reality, the project and its progressive defenders fed those forces rather than clarified them.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Republicans framed the bathroom and driver’s license bill as an addendum clarifying the intent of a separate 2023 bill barring trans women from accessing female-only spaces.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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The board ultimately refined it.—
Steven Mihailovich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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My hunch is the space will be refined, thoughtful, open and airy and architecturally modern, with deliberate nods to Japanese artwork, furniture and design.—
Shindy Chen
February 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Feb. 2026
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At the slime making station, guests will have the option to add scents extracted from real flowers.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by extracting mineral resources from extraterrestrial rocks.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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When costumes finally come back after a show’s run, each one is cleaned in a laundry room that sees 60-80 garments come through in a day.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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The body is cleaned and prepared in the Muslim tradition, as the family takes one last look before the burial, while hired men recite the Koran.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Purify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purify. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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