LUSTRATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "lustrate" is one way to...):

purge; purify; sanctify (make pure or free from sin or guilt)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

lustrum (a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census)