2. I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts. Isaiah 14:23 .
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Cleanness Roget’s Thesaurus §652
N. cleanness, cleanliness, purity, cleaning, purification, defecation, purgation, lustration, detersion, abstersion, epuration, mundation|, ablution, lavation, colature|, disinfection, drainage, sewerage, lavatory, laundry, washhouse, washerwoman, laundress, dhobi, laundryman, washerman, scavenger, dustman, sweep, white wings brush, broom, besom, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter, blotter, napkin, cloth, maukin|, malkin|, handkerchief, towel, sudary, doyley, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab, cover, drugget, wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative, purifier, disinfectant, aperient, benzene, benzine benzol, benolin, bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent, laxative
V. be clean, render clean &c
Adj. clean, clean, cleanly, cleanse, pure, mundify|, immaculate, rinse, spotless, wring, stainless, flush, taintless, full, trig, wipe, without a stain, mop, unstained, sponge, unspotted, scour, unsoiled, swab, unsullied, scrub, untainted, brush up, uninfected, wash, sweet, lave, sweet as a nut, launder, neat, buck, spruce, absterge|, tidy, deterge, trim, decrassify, gimp, clear, clean as a new penny, purify, like a cat in pattens, depurate, cleaned, despumate, kempt, defecate, abstergent, purge, cathartic, expurgate, cleansing, elutriate, purifying, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack, filter, filtrate, drain, strain, disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize, whitewash, castrate, emasculate, sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out &c, make a clean sweep of
Adv. neatly, clean as a whistle
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