Usually means: Cleansing; having cleaning properties.
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  1. abstersive: Merriam-Webster
  2. abstersive: Collins English Dictionary
  3. abstersive: Wordnik
  4. abstersive: Wiktionary
  5. abstersive: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Abstersive, abstersive: Dictionary.com
  7. Abstersive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. abstersive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Abstersive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. abstersive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. abstersive: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Abstersive: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. abstersive: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (abstersive)

▸ adjective:  Cleansing; purging; abstergent.
▸ noun:  (now rare) Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent.

Similar:
abative, abluent, depuratory, eradicatory, ablative, abdicant, ablatitious, eradicative, depurate, abrogative, more...

Opposite:
attritive, abrasive, erosive, corrosive

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Similar:
abative, abluent, depuratory, eradicatory, ablative, abdicant, ablatitious, eradicative, depurate, abrogative, more...

Opposite:
attritive, abrasive, erosive, corrosive



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