Synonyms:
cleansing, purifying
Meaning: acting like an antiseptic
Synonyms:
purifying
Meaning: freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent"
Synonyms:
purgatorial, purging, purifying
Meaning: serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites"
Usage examples
He neglected this good advice, and continued his studies; burning minerals and purifying metals one day, and mystifying the Word of God on the next.
But humanity, created for an immortal destiny, is deathless; the revolutions which disturb it are purifying crises, invariably followed by more vigorous health.
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