Definition of Purge

Verb: purge  purj

  1. Oust politically
    "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
     
  2. Clear of a charge
     
  3. Make pure or free from sin or guilt
    "he left the monastery purged";
    - purify, sanctify
     
  4. Rid of impurities
    "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
     
  5. Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
    "purge the old gas tank";
    - flush, scour
     
  6. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
    "He purged continuously";
    - vomit, vomit up, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, barf, spew, spue [archaic], chuck, upchuck [N. Amer], honk, regurgitate, throw up, hurl, keck, chuck up [Brit], chunder [Brit]
     
  7. Excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
    "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
Noun: purge  purj
  1. The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
    - purging, purgation
     
  2. An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
    - purging
     
  3. An abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place
    "he died in a purge by Stalin"

See also:
purgatory
purgeable

Anagrams containing the word purge

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