LUSTRATED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

lustrated

verb

past tense of lustrate

as in purified

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But what if the water and nutrients could be purified from whey permeate and used for other purposes?

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
Once hydrogen is flowing from the ground, how will the gas be purified?

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026

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What lies before us is not a world cleansed of fraud, but a world in which the speed of both deception and defense keeps rising, so that the responsibility shared between institutions and individuals grows more important.

— Dennis-Kenji Kipker, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The Beneš Decrees that ethnically cleansed tens of thousands of Hungarians from southern Slovakia after the war are still affecting contemporary Slovak-Hungarian relations today.

— Brett R. Chloupek, The Conversation, 15 July 2026

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Thaksin, recently chastened by an eight-month prison term, has gone quiet.

— Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026
Perhaps my sisters would say that my sojourn in Kansas and Missouri, and then all the way to Massachusetts to visit my dead husband’s family, chastened me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026

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