Main entry: purge
Definition: an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place
Usage: he died in a purge by Stalin
Definition: an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
Main entry: purgation, purge, purging
Definition: the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
Main entry: purge
Definition: excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
Usage: The doctor decided that the patient must be purged
Main entry: upchuck, vomit, vomit up, retch, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, cast, cat, chuck, sick, spew, spue, throw up, barf, be sick, disgorge, honk
Definition: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Usage: After drinking too much, the students vomited; He purged continuously; The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
Main entry: scour, flush, purge
Definition: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
Usage: flush the wound with antibiotics; purge the old gas tank
Main entry: purge
Definition: rid of impurities
Usage: purge the water; purge your mind
Main entry: purge, purify, sanctify
Definition: make pure or free from sin or guilt
Usage: he left the monastery purified
Main entry: purge
Definition: clear of a charge
Main entry: purge
Definition: oust politically
Usage: Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime