PURGE

Purge

In history, religion, and political science, a purge is the removal of people who are considered undesirable by those in power from a government, from another organization, from their team owners, or from society as a whole. Purges can be peaceful or violent; many will end with the imprisonment, exile, or deaths of those purged, but in some cases they will simply be removed from office. Restoring people who have been purged is known as rehabilitation.

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purge

Noun

  1. An act of purging
  2. An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
  3. A cleansing of pipes.
  4. A forcible removal of people from political activity.
    Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.
  5. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

Verb

  1. to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
  2. to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
  3. To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
  4. to void (the bowels); to vomit.
  5. To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
  6. to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
  7. To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
  8. To become pure, as by clarification.
  9. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.


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