See purify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "ชำระล้าง"
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"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎"
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"word": "reinigen"
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"word": "senpekigi"
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"word": "pekliberigi"
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"word": "purifier"
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"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "rein machen"
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"roman": "hrainjan",
"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "εξαγνίζω"
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"word": "ἁγνίζω"
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"word": "𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎"
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"sense": "cleanse something of impurities",
"word": "ทำให้บริสุทธิ์"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "cleanse something of impurities",
"word": "ชำระล้าง"
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"sense": "cleanse something of impurities",
"word": "ལྷད་མེད་བཟོས"
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"sense": "cleanse something of impurities",
"word": "pureiddio"
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"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cleanse something of impurities",
"word": "glanhau"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "cleanse something of impurities",
"word": "coethi"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cleanse something of impurities",
"word": "teru"
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"lang": "Aghwan",
"roman": "muc̣'urbiyesun",
"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "reinigen"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "senpekigi"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "pekliberigi"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "purifier"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "rein machen"
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"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "hrainjan",
"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
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"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "feloldoz"
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"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "free someone from guilt or sin",
"word": "utwahirisha"
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