1 VERB 清洗;清除;净化 To cleanse a place, person, or organization of something dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it. 清洗;清除;净化
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Straight after your last cigarette your body will begin to cleanse itself of tobacco toxins. [V pron-refl + of]
一旦停止抽烟，人体立刻就会开始清除体内的烟草毒素。
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It urged the party to cleanse its own ranks of those found guilty of human rights violations. [V n of n]
它敦促该党清除那些被判侵犯人权罪的党员。
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Confession cleanses the soul. [VERB noun]
忏悔净化灵魂。
SYN absolve, clear, purge, purify
2 VERB 清理，清洗(皮肤或伤口) If you cleanse your skin or a wound, you clean it. 清理，清洗(皮肤或伤口)
SYN clean, wash, scrub, rinse
3 VERB (军队)清洗，驱逐 If armed forces cleanse an area, they use violent methods to force certain groups of people to leave it and go to live elsewhere. You can also say that people are cleansed from an area. (军队)清洗，驱逐 [disapproval]
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...a sustained and systematic effort to ethnically cleanse the entire province. [VERB noun]
在全省范围开展的持续性、有计划的种族清洗
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Many are refugees of three or four or even five other places where they've been cleansed from. [be V-ed from]
许多人是从其他3个、4个甚至5个地方驱逐出来的难民。
4See also:ethnic cleansing
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