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purge

/pɜːdʒ/
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noun

  • An act of purging.
  • An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
  • A cleansing of pipes.
  • A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.

    "Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible."

  • That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

verb

  • To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
  • To free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
  • To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
  • To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
  • To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
  • To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
  • To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
  • To become pure, as by clarification.
  • To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
  • To trim, dress or prune.

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