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UK
/pjˈʊɹɪfˌaɪɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈpjʊɹəˌfaɪɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈpjʊɹəˌfaɪɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- acting like an antiseptic
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freeing from noxious matter
filtration is a purifying agent -
serving to purge or rid of sin
purgatorial rites
How To Use purifying In A Sentence
- The purifying device comprises the micro-particles collecting material, the adsorbing material and a supporter.
- Waste from resort is converted into usable water in two ways, both at a recycling plant for initial treatment, and then separately through a three-step purifying process of UV light filtration, ozonation and ultra-filtration. Boing Boing: January 26, 2003 - February 1, 2003 Archives
- We must always remember that the purifying fires of heaven are hotter than the fires of hell.
- There may be added to the boiler, C, certain materials for purifying the acetic acid, such as permanganate of potassa or acetate of soda, so as to obtain an absolutely pure article. Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885
- In order for a stevia plant to be converted into the final, GRAS approved product, milling, extracting, combining, chemical refining, filtrating, desorption, sterilization, recrystallization and purifying may have to occur depending on the procedure (s) used. Pooja R. Mottl: Can Stevia Solve Our Obsession With Sweetness?
- The larger dose is more laxative while the smaller dose tends to be more gradually blood purifying.
- I haven't even come out in pimples as reassuring evidence of my body purifying itself.
- Trees, plants and grass are able to grow, purifying the air and making a better environment for our children.
- The windows let in tons of light — much appreciated by the betta fish named Dave — and give him a great spot to grow some plants for some air-purifying goodness. The Lime Green Living Room | Lifehacker Australia
- Instead of agreeing with Iamblichus 'insistence on theurgy as indispensable to reaching spiritual union with God, a doctrine largely taken over by Proclus, Ammonius harmonized Aristotle with Plato by siding with Porphyry's (232-309) view that names were imposed by humans and, Sorabji suggests, he also agreed with Porphyry's refusal to accept the efficacy of theurgy in purifying the intellect and hence leading us to God. The Garbage House