purging

verb

Definition of purgingnext
present participle of purge
as in restoring
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially a day on which the faithful are expected to purge themselves of their sins through prayer and fasting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purging
  1. restoring
  2. cleansing
  3. healing
Verb
  • Scientists expect that the diminished population of spring-run chinook will make their recovery more difficult and time-consuming than for other types of salmon, and that restoring them to their historical habitats in the upper Klamath River will likely require human intervention.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Enabling Safe Reconnect means McAfee cuts all communication if the VPN connection drops, restoring it when the VPN connection is up again.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of restoring
Verb
  • Data quality requires periodic audits and data cleansing to help sustain high standards over time.
    Cristian Randieri, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Additionally, routinely cleansing and updating your data without prohibitive fuss requires you to think differently about data management.
    Ricardo Madan, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of cleansing
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  • Lumina – Projectiles now work more like Support Auto Rifle healing shots.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The human skin is quite skilled at healing minor cuts and scrapes.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of healing
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Thesaurus Entries Near purging

purges

purging

purification

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