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What is another word for making clean?

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Verb
Present participle for to sterilize by the use of cleaning agent
disinfecting
cleaning
cleansing
purifying
sterilisingUK
sterilizingUS
sanitisingUK
sanitizingUS
decontaminating
fumigating
deterging
pasteurisingUK
pasteurizingUS
depurating
autoclaving
antisepticizing
depolluting
deodorisingUK
deodorizingUS
cleaning thoroughly
washing
rinsing
scrubbing
rinsing out
cleaning up
bathing
laundering
scouring
lustrating
clarifying
GIing
restoring
refining
turning out
wiping
mopping
sponging
laving
doing
absterging
washing away
scrubbing down
hosing down
sluicing down
washing up
washing down
distilling
clearing
filtering
soaping
purging
rarefying
sublimating
swilling
treating
shampooing
processing
garbling
fining
rectifying
dousing
sluicing
swabbing
showering
douching
absolving
freshening
redeeming
lathering
washing out
exculpating
elutriating
sanctifying
unburdening
flushing
cleaning out
having a bath
taking a bath
straining
sifting
taking a shower
detoxifying
drenching
hosing
atoning
expiating
gargling
cauterizingUS
subliming
fractionating
separating
irrigating
cauterisingUK
getting rid of impurities
making sanitary
making pure
making sterile
rinsing your mouth
freshening up
dry-cleaning
doing the laundry
concentrating
reclaiming
delivering
relieving
freeing
polishing
flossing
delousing
vaporizingUS
detoxicating
disinfesting
desexualizing
vaporisingUK
changing
neutralizingUS
soaking
flooding
swishing
incapacitating
neutralisingUK
bleaching
moistening
slooshing
syringing
making germ-free
wetting
making safe
ejecting
using mouthwash
dipping
rendering
pardoning
excusing
forgiving
shriving
doing the dishes
swilling down
slooshing down
chastening
melting
tubbing
melting down
making clear
brushing up
removing impurities from
getting rid of impurities from
atoning for
sieving
freeing from
tidying
freeing from sin
expurgating
smartening
filtrating
blitzing
liquating
boiling
valeting
tidying up
clearing up
clearing away
mopping up
sprucing up
tarting up
rarifying
exonerating
edulcorating
remitting
doing the washing
washing and press
washing and iron
“This hectograph pencil is excellent for making clean paper stencils on tracing paper.”
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