All edulcorate synonyms
e·dul·co·rate
E e verb edulcorate
- lustrate — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- fumigate — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- decontaminate — To decontaminate something means to remove all germs or dangerous substances from it.
- aerate — To aerate a substance means to cause air or gas to pass through it.
- oxygenate — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- redeem — to buy or pay off; clear by payment: to redeem a mortgage.
- shrive — to impose penance on (a sinner).
- chasten — If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- remit — to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
- filter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- rarify — rarefy
- aerify — to change or cause to change into a gas
- cauterise — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- deodorise — Alternative spelling of deodorize.
- sanitise — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sterilise — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- absterge — to wipe clean or cleanse
- philtre — philter.
- clear the decks — to prepare for action, as by removing obstacles from a field of activity or combat
- do up — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- depurate — to cleanse or purify or to be cleansed or purified
- shake out — If you shake out a cloth or a piece of clothing, you hold it by one of its edges and move it up and down one or more times, in order to open it out, make it flat, or remove dust.
- straighten up — stand straighter