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Meaning of 'purge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Purge [ v. i.]
- To become pure, as by clarification.
- To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
2 . Purge [ v. t.]
- To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.
- To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
- To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
- To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
- To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.
- To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
- To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.
- The act of purging.
- That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

Meaning of 'purge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . purge [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place
Example in sentence:
  • he died in a purge by Stalin
2 . purge [ v]
Meaning (2):
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Example in sentence:
  • After drinking too much, the students vomited;
  • He purged continuously;
  • The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
Meaning (3):
- oust politically
Example in sentence:
  • Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime
Meaning (4):
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
Example in sentence:
  • flush the wound with antibiotics;
  • purge the old gas tank
Meaning (5):
- make pure or free from sin or guilt
Example in sentence:
  • he left the monastery purified
Meaning (6):
- rid of impurities
Example in sentence:
  • purge the water;
  • purge your mind
Meaning (7):
- excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
Example in sentence:
  • The doctor decided that the patient must be purged

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