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deterge
wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body; "This drug is powerful enough to deterge"
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Related Words:
dry clean
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clean with chemical agents
related words >
bleach
,
bowdlerize
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
dust
,
dust off
,
expurgate
,
freshen
,
lustrate
,
purge
,
purify
,
reform
,
scavenge
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tidy
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
scavenge
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remove unwanted substances from
feed on carrion or refuse; "hyenas scavenge"
clean refuse from; "Scavenge a street"
related words >
bleach
,
bowdlerize
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
expurgate
,
freshen
,
lustrate
,
purge
,
purify
,
reform
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tidy
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
delouse
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free of lice; "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps"
related words >
antisepticize
,
autoclave
,
bleach
,
boil
,
bowdlerize
,
chlorinate
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
decontaminate
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
disinfect
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
expurgate
,
freshen
,
fumigate
,
hygienize
,
lustrate
,
pasteurize
,
purge
,
purify
,
reform
,
sanitate
,
sanitize
,
scavenge
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sterilize
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tidy
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
bowdlerize
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edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
related words >
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
bleach
,
blot out
,
blue-pencil
,
cancel
,
censor
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
cross out
,
cut
,
delete
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
edit
,
edit out
,
erase
,
expunge
,
expurgate
,
freshen
,
kill
,
lustrate
,
omit
,
purge
,
purify
,
reform
,
rescind
,
rub out
,
scavenge
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
strike
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tidy
,
void
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
expurgate
collapse
related words >
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
bleach
,
blot out
,
blue-pencil
,
bowdlerize
,
cancel
,
censor
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
cross out
,
cut
,
delete
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
edit
,
edit out
,
erase
,
expunge
,
freshen
,
kill
,
lustrate
,
omit
,
purge
,
purify
,
reform
,
rescind
,
rub out
,
scavenge
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
strike
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tidy
,
void
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
clean out
collapse
empty completely; "We cleaned out all the drawers"
deprive completely of money or goods; "The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours"
force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"
related words >
bleach
,
blow
,
blow out
,
bowdlerize
,
clean
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear
,
clear away
,
clear off
,
clear out
,
clear the decks
,
defecate
,
delouse
,
deplete
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
drain
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
eliminate
,
empty
,
empty out
,
evacuate
,
exhaust
,
expurgate
,
freshen
,
lustrate
,
purge
,
purify
,
reform
,
remove
,
scavenge
,
scour out
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tidy
,
unclog
,
unfoul
,
vent
,
void
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
sweeten
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make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"
make sweeter in taste
related words >
allay
,
alleviate
,
appease
,
assuage
,
bleach
,
bowdlerize
,
brighten
,
candy
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
conciliate
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
dress up
,
dry-clean
,
dulcify
,
dust
,
dust off
,
ease
,
edulcorate
,
embellish
,
embroider
,
expurgate
,
freshen
,
gild
,
gild the lily
,
glaze
,
honey
,
lighten
,
lustrate
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
mollify
,
mull
,
palliate
,
placate
,
propitiate
,
purge
,
purify
,
reform
,
saccharify
,
scavenge
,
soften
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sugar
,
sugar off
,
sugarcoat
,
sweep out
,
temper
,
tidy
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
sweep out
collapse
related words >
bleach
,
blow
,
blow out
,
bowdlerize
,
broom
,
brush
,
brush off
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear
,
clear away
,
clear off
,
clear out
,
clear the decks
,
defecate
,
delouse
,
deplete
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
drain
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
eliminate
,
empty
,
empty out
,
evacuate
,
exhaust
,
expurgate
,
freshen
,
lustrate
,
purge
,
purify
,
reform
,
remove
,
scavenge
,
scour out
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sweep
,
sweep up
,
sweeten
,
tidy
,
unclog
,
unfoul
,
vacuum
,
vacuum-clean
,
vent
,
void
,
whisk
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
cleanse
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clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
related words >
beatify
,
bleach
,
bless
,
bowdlerize
,
canonize
,
clarify
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse away
,
clear out
,
consecrate
,
dedicate
,
deliver
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
devote
,
discharge
,
disinfect
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
enshrine
,
exalt
,
expiate
,
expurgate
,
free
,
free from
,
freshen
,
give release
,
give respite
,
glorify
,
hallow
,
intermit
,
lustrate
,
purge
,
purge away
,
purify
,
reform
,
release
,
remove
,
reprieve
,
saint
,
sanctify
,
sanitize
,
scavenge
,
scour
,
scrub
,
set apart
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sterilize
,
suspend
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tidy
,
wash
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
whiten
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turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
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achromatize
,
besnow
,
blanch
,
bleach
,
bleach out
,
blench
,
blush
,
bowdlerize
,
chalk
,
change color
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
color
,
crimson
,
darken
,
decolor
,
decolorize
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
dim
,
discolor
,
drain
,
drain of color
,
dry-clean
,
dull
,
dust
,
dust off
,
etiolate
,
expurgate
,
extenuate
,
fade
,
fade out
,
flush
,
freshen
,
frost
,
fume
,
gloss over
,
glow
,
grizzle
,
grow pale
,
lighten
,
look black
,
lose color
,
lustrate
,
mantle
,
pale
,
peroxide
,
purge
,
purify
,
redden
,
reform
,
scavenge
,
silver
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sugarcoat
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tarnish
,
tidy
,
tone down
,
turn color
,
turn pale
,
turn red
,
turn white
,
varnish
,
veneer
,
wan
,
wash out
,
white
,
whitewash
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
wipe
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rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"
related words >
air-dry
,
anhydrate
,
bake
,
blackout
,
bleach
,
blocking
,
blot
,
bowdlerize
,
brush
,
burn
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
conk
,
cure
,
dehumidify
,
dehydrate
,
delouse
,
dematerialization
,
departure
,
depurate
,
desiccate
,
deterge
,
disappearance
,
disappearing
,
dispersion
,
dissipation
,
dissolution
,
dissolving
,
drain
,
dry
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
eclipse
,
elimination
,
erasure
,
evanescence
,
evaporate
,
evaporation
,
expurgate
,
exsiccate
,
extinction
,
fadeaway
,
fadeout
,
fading
,
fire
,
freshen
,
going
,
hit
,
insolate
,
kerchief
,
kiln
,
knock
,
lick
,
lustrate
,
melting
,
mummify
,
occultation
,
parch
,
passing
,
purge
,
purify
,
rap
,
reform
,
rub
,
scavenge
,
scorch
,
sear
,
shrivel
,
smoke
,
soak up
,
sponge
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sun
,
sun-dry
,
swab
,
swat
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
swipe
,
tidy
,
torrefy
,
towel
,
vanishing
,
vanishing point
,
weazen
,
whiten
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
,
wither
,
wizen
clean up
collapse
make oneself clean, presentable or neat; "Clean up before you go to the party"
dispose of; "settle the bills"
make a big profit; often in a short period of time; "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up"
related words >
bleach
,
bowdlerize
,
button up
,
cap
,
capitalize on
,
carry to completion
,
cash in on
,
clean
,
clean out
,
cleanse
,
clear
,
clear out
,
clear the decks
,
clear up
,
climax
,
close out
,
close up
,
coin money
,
commercialize
,
complete
,
conclude
,
crown
,
culminate
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
end
,
expurgate
,
finalize
,
finish
,
finish off
,
finish up
,
fix up
,
freshen
,
gain
,
gain by
,
get done
,
get it over
,
get through
,
get through with
,
groom
,
gross
,
lustrate
,
make
,
make a killing
,
make money
,
make money by
,
mop up
,
neaten
,
net
,
perfect
,
police
,
police up
,
profit
,
purge
,
purify
,
put in trim
,
realize
,
realize on
,
reform
,
round out
,
scavenge
,
spruce
,
spruce up
,
steam-clean
,
straighten up
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
terminate
,
tidy
,
tidy up
,
top off
,
top out
,
trig up
,
trim
,
trim up
,
turn a penny
,
turn to account
,
turn to profit
,
whiten
,
wind up
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
,
wrap up
bleach
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the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"
make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"
remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"
related words >
achromatization
,
achromatize
,
besnow
,
blanch
,
blanching
,
bleach out
,
bleacher
,
bleaching
,
bleaching agent
,
bleaching powder
,
blench
,
bowdlerize
,
chalk
,
change color
,
chlorine
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
decolor
,
decolorant
,
decoloration
,
decolorization
,
decolorize
,
decolorizer
,
decolorizing
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
dim
,
discolor
,
discoloration
,
drain
,
drain of color
,
dry-clean
,
dull
,
dust
,
dust off
,
etiolate
,
etiolation
,
expurgate
,
fade
,
fade out
,
fading
,
freshen
,
frost
,
fume
,
grizzle
,
grow pale
,
hydrochloric acid
,
hydrogen peroxide
,
lighten
,
lightening
,
lime
,
lose color
,
lustrate
,
madder bleach
,
market bleach
,
nitrogen tetroxide
,
oxalic acid
,
pale
,
paling
,
peroxide
,
purge
,
purify
,
reform
,
scavenge
,
silver
,
sodium hypochlorite
,
sour
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sulfur dioxide
,
sulfuric acid
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tarnish
,
tidy
,
tone down
,
turn pale
,
turn white
,
wan
,
wash out
,
white
,
white sour
,
whiten
,
whitening
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
purify
collapse
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
absolve
,
abstract
,
acquit
,
atone
,
bate
,
beatify
,
bleach
,
bless
,
bolt
,
bowdlerize
,
canonize
,
chasten
,
clarify
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear
,
clear out
,
consecrate
,
curtail
,
decontaminate
,
decrassify
,
decrease
,
dedicate
,
deduct
,
delouse
,
depreciate
,
depurate
,
derogate
,
deterge
,
detract
,
devote
,
diminish
,
disinfect
,
disparage
,
distill
,
drain
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
eat away
,
edulcorate
,
elute
,
enshrine
,
erode
,
essentialize
,
exalt
,
exculpate
,
excuse
,
exonerate
,
expiate
,
expurgate
,
extract
,
file away
,
filter
,
filtrate
,
forgive
,
freshen
,
fumigate
,
glorify
,
hallow
,
impair
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lixiviate
,
lustrate
,
narrow
,
oversimplify
,
pardon
,
percolate
,
purge
,
rectify
,
redeem
,
reduce
,
reduce to elements
,
refine
,
reform
,
remit
,
remove
,
restrain
,
retrench
,
rub away
,
saint
,
sanctify
,
sanitize
,
scavenge
,
screen
,
separate
,
set apart
,
shorten
,
shrive
,
sieve
,
sift
,
simplify
,
spiritualize
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
strain
,
streamline
,
strip down
,
subduct
,
sublimate
,
sublime
,
subtract
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
take away
,
take from
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tidy
,
try
,
wash
,
wear away
,
weed
,
whiten
,
winnow
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
,
withdraw
clear out
collapse
move out and leave nothing behind
related words >
abscond
,
absquatulate
,
abstract
,
be off
,
beat a retreat
,
beat it
,
begone
,
bleach
,
blow
,
blow out
,
bolt
,
bowdlerize
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
chuck
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear
,
clear away
,
clear off
,
clear the decks
,
cut and run
,
cut out
,
decamp
,
defecate
,
delouse
,
depart
,
deplete
,
deport
,
depurate
,
desert
,
deterge
,
dispose of
,
drain
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
eject
,
elide
,
eliminate
,
elope
,
empty
,
empty out
,
eradicate
,
evacuate
,
exhaust
,
exile
,
expatriate
,
expel
,
expurgate
,
flake off
,
flee
,
fly
,
freshen
,
fugitate
,
get
,
get going
,
get lost
,
get out
,
get quit of
,
get rid of
,
get shut of
,
git
,
go AWOL
,
hightail
,
hit the road
,
jump
,
jump bail
,
kite
,
levant
,
liquidate
,
lustrate
,
make off
,
make yourself scarce
,
outlaw
,
pick out
,
purge
,
purify
,
reform
,
remove
,
root out
,
root up
,
run
,
run away
,
run away from
,
run away with
,
run for it
,
run off
,
scavenge
,
scour out
,
scram
,
shove off
,
show the heels
,
skedaddle
,
skip
,
skip out
,
slip the cable
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
take French leave
,
take flight
,
take off
,
take to flight
,
take wing
,
throw over
,
throw overboard
,
tidy
,
turn tail
,
unclog
,
unfoul
,
vamoose
,
vent
,
void
,
weed out
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
freshen
collapse
become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"
related words >
aerate
,
air
,
air out
,
air-condition
,
air-cool
,
airify
,
animate
,
blast
,
bleach
,
blow
,
blow a hurricane
,
blow great guns
,
blow over
,
blow up
,
bluster
,
bowdlerize
,
brace
,
brace up
,
breeze
,
breeze up
,
brew
,
brighten up
,
brisk
,
brisken
,
brush up
,
buck up
,
cheer
,
chill
,
chirk up
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
come up
,
cool
,
cross-ventilate
,
delouse
,
deodorize
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
enliven
,
exhilarate
,
expurgate
,
fan
,
fix
,
fortify
,
fresh up
,
freshen up
,
furbish
,
furbish up
,
gather
,
huff
,
ice
,
ice-cool
,
increase
,
infrigidate
,
invigorate
,
lace
,
lustrate
,
oxygenate
,
oxygenize
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
pipe up
,
polish
,
polish up
,
puff
,
purge
,
purify
,
quicken
,
rage
,
reanimate
,
recreate
,
reform
,
refresh
,
refreshen
,
refrigerate
,
regale
,
reinvigorate
,
renew
,
renovate
,
repair
,
retouch
,
revitalize
,
revive
,
revivify
,
rouse
,
rub up
,
scavenge
,
set in
,
set up
,
shine
,
spike
,
spruce
,
spruce up
,
squall
,
steam-clean
,
stimulate
,
storm
,
strengthen
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tidy
,
titivate
,
tone up
,
touch up
,
vamp
,
vamp up
,
ventilate
,
vivify
,
waft
,
whiff
,
whiffle
,
whiten
,
wind
,
winnow
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
tidy
collapse
receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"
put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"
related words >
OK
,
acceptable
,
adequate
,
admissible
,
all right
,
ample
,
anal
,
arrange
,
better than nothing
,
big
,
bleach
,
bowdlerize
,
bowdlerized
,
bumper
,
chipper
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleaned
,
cleaned up
,
cleanse
,
cleansed
,
clear out
,
clear the decks
,
clear up
,
considerable
,
decent
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
dinky
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
expurgate
,
expurgated
,
fair
,
fairish
,
fix up
,
freshen
,
generous
,
good
,
good enough
,
goodish
,
goodly
,
grand
,
great
,
groom
,
healthy
,
large
,
large-scale
,
lustrate
,
man-sized
,
methodical
,
moderate
,
neat
,
neaten
,
not amiss
,
not bad
,
not half bad
,
not so bad
,
numerous
,
okay
,
orderly
,
organize
,
organized
,
passable
,
police
,
police up
,
presentable
,
pretty good
,
purge
,
purged
,
purified
,
purify
,
put in order
,
put in trim
,
rearrange
,
refined
,
reform
,
reformed
,
reorganize
,
respectable
,
satisfactory
,
scavenge
,
shipshape
,
significant
,
sizable
,
sizeable
,
sleek
,
slick
,
smart
,
snug
,
spick and span
,
spick-and-span
,
spruce
,
spruce up
,
steam-clean
,
straighten out
,
straighten up
,
substantial
,
sufficient
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
systematic
,
tall
,
tidy up
,
tight
,
tolerable
,
trig
,
trig up
,
trim
,
trim up
,
uncluttered
,
unexceptionable
,
unobjectionable
,
well-cared-for
,
well-groomed
,
well-kept
,
well-ordered
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
,
workmanlike
wipe out
collapse
eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out"
related words >
KO
,
abate
,
abolish
,
abscind
,
absolve
,
amputate
,
annihilate
,
annul
,
ban
,
bar
,
black out
,
blast
,
bleach
,
blot
,
blot out
,
bob
,
bowdlerize
,
bump off
,
call off
,
cancel
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
clip
,
complete
,
croak
,
crop
,
cross out
,
cull
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
decimate
,
declare a moratorium
,
dele
,
delete
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deracinate
,
deterge
,
dispose of
,
do in
,
dock
,
drop the curtain
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
efface
,
eliminate
,
end off
,
enucleate
,
eradicate
,
erase
,
except
,
excise
,
exclude
,
expunge
,
expurgate
,
exterminate
,
extinguish
,
extirpate
,
finalize
,
finish
,
fix
,
fold up
,
freshen
,
get
,
get it over
,
get over with
,
get through with
,
give the business
,
give the quietus
,
gun down
,
hit
,
ice
,
isolate
,
kayo
,
kibosh
,
kill
,
knock off
,
knock out
,
lay out
,
liquidate
,
lop
,
mutilate
,
nip
,
nullify
,
obliterate
,
off
,
pare
,
peel
,
perfect
,
pick out
,
polish off
,
prune
,
purge
,
purify
,
put paid to
,
raze
,
reform
,
remove
,
root out
,
root up
,
rub out
,
rule out
,
scavenge
,
scrag
,
scratch
,
scratch out
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
settle
,
shave
,
shear
,
shoot down
,
sponge
,
sponge out
,
spruce
,
stamp out
,
steam-clean
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
strip
,
strip off
,
sweep away
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
take care of
,
take off
,
take out
,
tidy
,
truncate
,
uproot
,
waste
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe up
,
write off
,
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