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verb
To clean (especially a wound) of undesirable material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wipe off, wipe away
History
From French déterger, from Latin dētergēre, from dē- + tergēre.
Across languages
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