purge
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English purgen, from Old French purger, from Latin purgare (“make pure, cleanse”), from purus (“clean, pure”) + agere (“to make, do”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒ
[edit] Noun
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.
- That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
- Arbuthnot.
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[edit] Translations
the act of purging
evacuation of the bowels or of pipes
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forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
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[edit] Verb
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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