4
clear(verb, clean, cancel, spare, relieve)
4
edit(verb, cut, remove, destroy, suppress)
4
launder(verb, drop, cut, clear, remove)
4
refine(verb, clear, arrange, clean, organize)
3
bleach(verb, cut, clear, remove, release)
3
brush(verb, arrange, organize, pick, sweep)
3
delete(verb, cut, remove, suppress, restrict)
3
deodorize(verb, clear, arrange, clean, organize)
3
freshen(verb, sterilize)
3
hygienise
3
neaten(verb, arrange, clean, organize, pick)
3
sweep(verb, arrange, clean, organize, pick)
2
absolve(verb, clear, discharge, clean, responsibility)
2
absterge(verb, arrange, organize, pick, sweep)
2
bathe(verb, arrange, clean, organize, pick)
2
bleep(verb, drop, cut, remove, reject)
2
blot(verb, arrange, organize, pick, sweep)
2
blue-pencil(verb, cut, remove, destroy, suppress)
2
boil
2
cauterize(verb, arrange, organize, pick, sweep)
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