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  • 101Misogi —    Purification or purification ceremony. It can have the same range of meanings as Harai/Harae but refers especially to the use of salt water (or fresh water, cold or warm, or just salt) to remove tsumi or kegare, sins and pollution. At the… …

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  • 102cathartic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. laxative, physic, purgative, aperient, purifying. See remedy, cleanness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. purging, cleansing, purifying; see cleaning . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of, relating… …

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  • 103очистительная способность — — [http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en] EN purifying power Regenerative capacity of a system, of soils, water, etc. (Source: ECHO2) [http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en] Тематики охрана окружающей… …

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  • 104cleansing — I noun the act of making something clean (Freq. 1) he gave his shoes a good cleaning • Syn: ↑cleaning, ↑cleanup • Derivationally related forms: ↑clean up (for …

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  • 105purgatorial — adjective 1. serving to purge or rid of sin purgatorial rites • Syn: ↑purging, ↑purifying • Pertains to noun: ↑purgation (for: ↑purifying), ↑purgation …

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  • 106purging — I noun 1. an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑purge • Derivationally related forms: ↑purge, ↑purge (for: ↑ …

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  • 107waterwork — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English waterwerk, from water + werk, wurk, work work more at work 1. : something (as a tank, dock, canal lock, levee, or seawall) built in, for, or as a protection against water 2. : a mechanism …

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  • 108zone melting — noun see zone refining * * * a process of purifying any of various metals and other materials, as germanium or silicon, by passing it in bar form through an induction coil. Also called zone refining. Cf. cage zone melting. [1955 60] * * * zone… …

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  • 109dep|u|ra|tive — «DEHP yuh RAY tihv, dih PYUR uh », adjective, noun. –adj. purifying; cleansing. –n. a purifying agent or medicine …

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  • 110Pu|ri|fi|ca|tion — «PYUR uh fuh KAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act or process of purifying: »We need laws to help with the purification of our water. 2. the condition of being purified. Pu|ri|fi|ca|tion «PYUR uh fuh KAY shuhn», noun. a Christian festival, observed on… …

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