cleanse

1. V-T To cleanse a place, person, or organization of something dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it. 使清潔; 使凈化

Right after your last cigarette, your body will begin to cleanse itself of tobacco toxins. 在最后一根香煙后，你的身體將馬上開始清除煙草毒素。

2. V-T If you cleanse your skin or a wound, you clean it. 清潔 (皮膚、傷口)

Catherine demonstrated the proper way to cleanse the face. 凱瑟琳演示了潔面的正確方法。

3. →see also ethnic cleansing