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[purj]

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verb (used with object)

to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.

to rid, clear, or free (usually followed by of or from): to purge a political party of disloyal members.

to clear of imputed guilt or ritual uncleanliness.

to clear away or wipe out legally (an offense, accusation, etc.) by atonement or other suitable action.

to remove by cleansing or purifying (often followed by away, off, or out).

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to clear or empty (the bowels) by causing evacuation.

to cause evacuation of the bowels of (a person).

to put to death or otherwise eliminate (undesirable or unwanted members) from a political organization, government, nation, etc.

Metallurgy.

to drive off (undesirable gases) from a furnace or stove.

to free (a furnace or stove) of undesirable gases.

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verb (used without object)

10.

to become cleansed or purified.

11.

to undergo or cause purging of the bowels.

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noun

12.

the act or process of purging.

13.

the removal or elimination of members of a political organization, government, nation, etc., who are considered disloyal or otherwise undesirable.

14.

something that purges, as a purgative medicine or dose.

Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English purgen < Old French purg(i)er < Latin pūrgāre to cleanse; (noun) Middle English < Old French, derivative of the v.

Related forms

purge·a·ble, adjective

purg·er, noun

un·purge·a·ble, adjective

un·purged, adjective

Synonyms
8. oust, liquidate, extirpate.

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Example Sentences

The appearance of these officials suggested that they would probably not be purged.

In such places, all countervailing opinions will be purged from the population.

As part of his anti-corruption drive, the president has purged the customs service, putting in his own trusted people.

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The appearance of these officials suggested that they would probably not be purged.

In such places, all countervailing opinions will be purged from the population.

As part of his anti-corruption drive, the president has purged the customs service, putting in his own trusted people.

The bogus addresses will thus be purged as fast as wpoison can crank them out.

Clark said the water would be purged of radiation and reused or disposed of.

The ministry of justice has purged the courts of recalcitrant judges, too.

Sombody destroyed my gallery and purged my license or the artworks.

He said the order to boil all water would be in effect for a few more days, until the system could be purged.

Some of the more thuggish army officers have been purged from political posts.

Those made during the boom years are being purged from the system, and the ones that came after carried more stringent terms.

But even as the opportunities disappear, it is comforting to know that the spirit for adventure has not been purged from us yet.

The economy has since been thoroughly purged of the inflation bug.

The errors and multiple entries that plague existing systems ought to be purged.

Mainland troops brutally quelled the unrest, after which security police purged anyone even suspected of disloyalty.

Seemingly in preparation for this, many companies have been purged.

The library in my hometown purged a large number of books last summer so that they could have more computers/internet access.

Words that are confusing should be purged from the lexicon.

The company purged everyone tied to the wrongdoing and severely tightened its ethics policies, they said.

After inflation, the nitrogen was purged to create the same pressure inside the rod as outside.

It is not clear whether he has purged the army and intelligence services of their own religious extremists.

The government is suddenly encouraging a type of creativity that it has all but purged from this hermetically sealed country.

It also leaves you with the feeling that none of its evil has been purged.

State officials have repeatedly purged police ranks only to see the corrupt reinstated by court.

If not, then the agency purged the collected data from its database.

Talty had purged all reminders of the relationship from her apartment.

She purged her political opponents whenever she was strong enough to do.

He has purged the military of the disloyal officers who betrayed him.

Evangelicals have been purged from the ivory tower more thoroughly than any other religious group.

Any convictions will be purged from the defendants.

Ramseur cooperated fully when called the second time, the first citation would be purged.

In that process he has purged his party of all the dissenters.

There is unlimited access to the hard facts of life here, plus the kind of pride that can never be purged of shame.

The libraries had been purged of writers whose loyalties were doubtful.

They need to be purged from government offices and police forces.

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Word Origin & History

purge

late 13c., from O.Fr. purgier (12c.), from L. purgare "cleanse, purify," from Old L. purigare, from purus "pure" (see pure) + root of agere "to drive, make" (see act). The noun is recorded from 1560s.

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Medical Dictionary

purge (pûrj)
v. purged, purg·ing, purg·es
To cause evacuation of the bowels. n.

The act or process of purging.
Something that purges, especially a medicinal purgative.

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"He moved with the shades of the dead and the dead-born and the unborn and the never-to-be-born, in a Limbo purged of desire."

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