purge

Plural: purges

Noun

• the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
• an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
• an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place
  • "he died in a purge by Stalin"
• An act or instance of purging.
• An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting.
• Something which or someone who purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
• A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
• An act or instance of the cleansing of pipes.
• A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".

Verb

Verb Forms: purged, purging, purges

• To cleanse or purify; to remove undesirable elements decisively.
• oust politically
  • "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
• clear of a charge
• make pure or free from sin or guilt
• rid of impurities
  • "purge the water"
  • "purge your mind"
• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
  • "purge the old gas tank"
• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
  • "He purged continuously"
• excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
  • "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
• To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse.
• To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
• To free from sin, guilt, or burden.
• To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
• To cause someone to purge; to operate (on somebody) using a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
• To forcibly remove, for example, from political activity.
• To forcibly remove people by an organization.
• To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
• To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
• To become pure, as by clarification.
• To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
• To trim, dress, or prune.

Examples

• Cromwell had Colonel Pride purge Parliament of royalists who opposed Charles I's execution.
• Deng Xiaoping was purged twice during the Cultural Revolution, but managed to return to power after Mao's death.
• He needed to PURGE his rack of all the duplicate vowels to get better tiles.
• Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.

Synonyms

barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, flush, honk, puke, purgation, purging, purify, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sanctify, scour, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, weep

Antonyms

keep down, rehabilitate

Anagrams of purge