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Purge

//pɜːd͡ʒ// noun, verb

Noun

1
An act or instance of purging.
2
an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place wordnet
3
An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting.
4
an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements wordnet
5
Something which or someone who purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
"he prescribes a Purge or a Vomit"

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the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge wordnet
7
A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
"Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were irreversible."
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An act or instance of the cleansing of pipes.
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A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".

Verb

1
To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse. transitive
"After the process, the machine purges the chamber before venting it to remove toxic gases."
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excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body) wordnet
3
To remove by cleansing; to wash away. transitive
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eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth wordnet
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To free from sin, guilt, or burden. transitive
"Purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake."

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rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid wordnet
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To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit. intransitive, transitive
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rid of impurities wordnet
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To cause someone to purge; to operate (on somebody) using a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner. transitive
""What did they die of?” I asked. / "Fevers. The doctor came and bled them and purged them, but they still died." / "He bled and purged babies?" / "They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they … they died anyway.""
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make pure or free from sin or guilt wordnet
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To forcibly remove, for example, from political activity. transitive
"Deng Xiaoping was purged twice during the Cultural Revolution, but managed to return to power after Mao's death."
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clear of a charge wordnet
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To forcibly remove people by an organization. transitive
"Cromwell had Colonel Pride purge Parliament of royalists who opposed Charles I's execution."
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oust politically wordnet
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To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation. transitive
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To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor). transitive
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To become pure, as by clarification. intransitive
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To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic. intransitive
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To trim, dress, or prune. transitive

Etymology 1

From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“I make pure, I cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“I make, I do”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“I make pure, I cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“I make, I do”).

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