Verb
To clean (especially a wound) of undesirable material.
Usage- Transitive
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Nature to attenuate, open, deterge, and dissolve; and Milk and Water, and Seeds, to cool, nourish, and balmify
Verb
wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body
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This drug is powerful enough to deterge