Akademik

purifying

adjective

1. acting like an antiseptic

• Syn: ↑cleansing

• Similar to: ↑antiseptic

2. serving to purge or rid of sin

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purgatorial rites

• Syn: ↑purgatorial, ↑purging

• Pertains to noun: ↑purgation, ↑purgation (for: ↑purging), ↑purgation (for: ↑purgatorial)

3. freeing from noxious matter

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filtration is a purifying agent

• Ant: ↑adulterating

• Similar to: ↑ablutionary, ↑cleansing, ↑antiseptic, ↑detergent, ↑detersive

Useful english dictionary. 2012.