Past tense of cleanse
regular verb
The past tense of cleanse is cleansed. The past participle is also cleansed.
Forms of cleanse
| Base form (V1) | cleanse /klɛnz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | cleansed |
| Past participle (V3) | cleansed |
| Present participle | cleansing /ˈklɛn.zɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | cleanses |
Cleansed in a sentence
- Anyone with an unsubverted or cleansed frame of reference likely couldn't bear seeing such mistreatment and violence.From the entry frame of reference
- The laryngotracheas were cleansed and each cricothyroid muscle was isolated with blunt dissection.2010 May, Scott L. Lee, Quyen T. Lee, Stanley M. Shapshay, “Transcricothyroid approach to the subglottic airway in a porcine model”, in…. From the entry laryngotrachea
- Arthur had responded to reports of increased violence in the interior by issuing a proclamation that the settled districts be cleansed of Aboriginal people.2017, Nick Brodie, The Vandemonian War, Hardie Grant Books, page 9. From the entry settled district
- After the Muslims or Croats capitulated, the special forces, the "dreaded paramilitary groups," entered the town and "ethnically cleansed" it of Croats or Muslims.1999, Howard Ball, Prosecuting War Crimes and Genocide, The Twentieth-century Experience, page 128. From the entry ethnically cleanse
- However, I do not see the policy effectively and consistently applied by a soft-mindedly liberal policymaker aspiring to a world free of conflict and a future cleansed of past aberrations.1982, George Liska, Russia and the road to appeasement: cycles of East-West Conflict in War and Peace, page x. From the entry soft-mindedly
Meaning of cleanse
- verb To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
- verb To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
- verb To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.
Questions about the past tense of cleanse
- What is the past tense of cleanse?
- The past tense of cleanse is cleansed.
- What is the past participle of cleanse?
- The past participle of cleanse is cleansed.
- Is cleanse a regular or irregular verb?
- Cleanse is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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