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purge

English

🔊 an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place
“he died in a purge by Stalin”
🔊 an act of removing by cleansing
🔊 the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
🔊 excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
“The doctor decided that the patient must be purged”
🔊 rid of impurities
“purge the water”
🔊 clear of a charge
🔊 oust politically
“Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime”
🔊 make pure or free from sin or guilt
“he left the monastery purified”
🔊 eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
“After drinking too much, the students vomited”
🔊 rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
“flush the wound with antibiotics”