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• v  remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
• v  make pure or free from sin or guilt
• v  become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin
• a  serving to purge or rid of sin
• a  freeing from noxious matter
  filtration is a purifying agent
• s  acting like an antiseptic

• Balinese Hindus go into deep trance on Peti Tenget Beach in Bali, part of a ritual known as Melasti, a purifying ceremony that prepares not only the individual but the entire .
• The indicted teenagers, among them honor students, athletes and a cheerleader, belonged to the Legion of Doom, a society supposedly dedicated to purifying the campus of drug users .
• Also, she smoked until she was 26 not exactly a purifying habit.

• purify
• sublimate
• make pure
• distill
• purge
• sanctify
• purgatorial
• purging
• cleansing

• adulterating

News & Articles

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• Students Invent Water Purification Disc
  Students at the University of Virginia have developed a new way of purifying water that they say could bring improved water quality for millions in the developing world. It's called a Madi Drop. Field testing begins this month in South Africa. The lab operates like a kitchen. They add several ingredients. Then they mix, weigh, press and bake them. What's created is called a MadiDrop - a ceramic ...
  June 12, 2013 - Voice of America
• PHS Waterlogic issues ‘buyer beware’ warning about purification claims
  PHS Waterlogic, Europe’s largest supplier of mains-fed water dispensing and purifying systems, has issued a warning concerning the purification claims being made within the water vending market. Claims of ‘unrivalled hygienic benefits’ are often unsubstantiated says PHS and could mislead buyers. (PRWeb June 06, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10808028.htm
  June 6, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Kwame Kilpatrick in USA Today
  Tuesday night, Kilpatrick told Dallas-Fort Worth television station WFAA his 99-day jail stay was "an incredibly purifying process" and the most time he's had to be with himself and God.
• Pope Benedict XVI in Catholic World News
  Speaking about the broad question of Church-state relations in a democratic society, Pope Benedict said that the faith "serves all of society by shedding light on the foundation of morality and ethics, and by purifying reason, ensuring that it...