purge
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
< Middle English purgen < Old French purger < Latin purgare (“‘make pure, cleanse’”) < purus (“‘clean, pure’”) + agere (“‘to make, do’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒ
[edit] Noun
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purge (plural purges)
- An act of purging
- (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
- A cleansing of pipes.
- A forcible removal of people from political activity.
- Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.
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[edit] Translations
the act of purging
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evacuation of the bowels or of pipes
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[edit] Verb
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to purge (third-person singular simple present purges, present participle purging, simple past and past participle purged)
- (transitive) to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
- (transitive, religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
- (transitive, medicine) to void the bowels; to vomit.
- (transitive, law) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
[edit] Translations
to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
to void the bowels; to vomit
to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
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