очистване noun (evacuation of the bowels or of pipes)
пречистване noun (the act of purging)
прочистване noun (evacuation of the bowels or of pipes)
чи́стка noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

清洗 noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Czech

1 entries

čistka noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Danish

4 entries

rensning noun (the act of purging)
udrensning noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)
rense verb (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities)
rense verb (to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation)

Dutch

4 entries

reiniging noun (evacuation of the bowels or of pipes)
zuivering noun (the act of purging)
zuivering noun (evacuation of the bowels or of pipes)
zuivering noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Estonian

2 entries

lahtistama verb (medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit)
puhastama verb (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities)

Finnish

4 entries

oksentaminen noun (evacuation of the bowels or of pipes)
puhdistaminen noun (the act of purging)
puhdistus noun (the act of purging)
puhdistus noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

French

4 entries

purge noun (the act of purging)
purge noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)
épuration noun (the act of purging)
épuration noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

German

4 entries

Putzen noun (the act of purging)
Reinigen noun (the act of purging)
Säubern noun (the act of purging)
Säuberung noun (the act of purging)

Greek

1 entries

εκκαθάριση noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Hungarian

4 entries

kitisztítás noun (the act of purging)
kiürítés noun (evacuation of the bowels or of pipes)
megtisztítás noun (the act of purging)
purgálás noun (evacuation of the bowels or of pipes)

Irish

1 entries

folmhaigh verb (medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit)

Italian

4 entries

epurazione noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)
purgare verb (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities)
purgare verb (religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds)
purgare verb (medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit)

Japanese

2 entries

パージ noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)
粛清 noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Khmer

1 entries

វិសុទ្ធកម្ម noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Korean

1 entries

숙청 noun (the act of purging)

Latin

1 entries

luo verb (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities)

Macedonian

1 entries

чистка noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Middle English

4 entries

purgen verb (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities)
purgen verb (religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds)
purgen verb (medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit)
purgen verb (to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation)

Māori

2 entries

whakawātea noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)
whakawāteatanga noun (the act of purging)

Norwegian

4 entries

(defecate) tømme tarmen verb (medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit)
brekke seg verb (medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit)
kaste opp verb (medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit)
rense verb (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

utrensking noun (the act of purging)
utrenskning noun (the act of purging)
utrenskning noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Polish

1 entries

czystka noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Portuguese

4 entries

purga noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)
purgar noun (the act of purging)
purgar verb (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities)
purgar verb (medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit)

Russian

4 entries

очи́стка noun (the act of purging)
очище́ние noun (the act of purging)
чи́стка noun (the act of purging)
чи́стка noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

čȉstka noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)
чи̏стка noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Slovak

1 entries

čistka noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Slovene

1 entries

čistka noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Spanish

4 entries

purga noun (the act of purging)
purga noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)
purgación noun (the act of purging)
purgamiento noun (the act of purging)

Swedish

3 entries

utrensning noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)
rensa verb (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities)
rentvå verb (to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation)

Tocharian B

1 entries

tälp verb (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities)

Turkish

4 entries

siyasal nedenlerle yer degistirtme noun (the act of purging)
tahliye noun (the act of purging)
tehcir noun (the act of purging)
tenkil noun (the act of purging)

Ukrainian

1 entries

чи́стка noun (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thanh trừng verb ((of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity)

contemplatePortuguese

1 entries

purgar verb (religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds)

Sample sentences

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One student says the purge is still going on in China and terror is widespread.

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Sami wanted to purge the evil spirit our of Layla's body.

Source: tatoeba (5921208)

"No hope have I my ancient fatherland, / or darling boys, or long-lost sire to see, / whom now perchance, the Danaans will demand, / poor souls! for vengeance, and their death decree, / to purge my crime, in daring to be free."

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"Look now, for I will clear the mists that shroud / thy mortal gaze, and from the visual ray / purge the gross covering of this circling cloud. / Thou heed, and fear not, whatsoe'er I say, / nor scorn thy mother's counsels to obey."

Source: tatoeba (6856103)

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