Detersive

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  • adjective. Detergent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Cleansing; detergent.
  • noun. A medicine which cleanses.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Cleansing; detergent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having cleansing abilities
  • noun. A cleansing agent; a detergent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having cleansing power
  • Word Usage
    "The wood of it is full of sap, and as it burns sends forth a very biting smoke; and the ashes of it thoroughly burnt are so acrimonious, that they make a lye extremely detersive."
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    purifying  
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