Cleansing

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Cleansing may refer to: * Ethnic cleansing, the systematic forced removal of ethnic or religious groups from a given territory by a more powerful ethnic group * Cleanliness, the abstract state of being clean and free from dirt, and the process of achieving and maintaining that state * Data cleansing, in data management, the detection and correction of corrupt or inaccurate records * Social cleansing, the elimination of "undesirable" social elements * Detoxification (alternative medicine) or body cleansing, is a disputed alternative medical practice ** Colon cleansing, an alternative medicine involving the use of enemas and diets, often as part of detoxification * Cleansing (album), an album by Prong *"The Cleansing", a song by Overkill from the album The Killing Kind * Zachistka ("cleansing operation"), Russian term for house-to-house operations to cleanse a territory from enemy military forces

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