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| purge [ purj ] |
verb (past and past participle purged, present participle purg·ing, 3rd person present singular purg·es) |
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1. transitive verb get rid of opponents: to remove opponents or people considered undesirable from a state or organization
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2. transitive verb remove something undesirable: to get rid of something undesirable, impure, or imperfect
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3. transitive verb religion free somebody from guilt or sin: to make somebody or something pure and free from guilt, sin, or defilement
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formal
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  purge a soul of its sins
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4. transitive verb comput delete data: to delete unwanted or unneeded data from disk storage in a systematic fashion so as to remove all references to the data
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5. intransitive verb psychology med vomit or use laxatives: to rid the body of food by using laxatives or inducing vomiting
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6. transitive and intransitive verb medicine empty bowels: to empty the bowels, or cause somebody to empty the bowels
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noun (plural purg·es) |
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1. getting rid of opponents: the removal of opponents or people considered undesirable from a state or organization
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2. getting rid of something undesirable: the removal of something undesirable, impure, or imperfect
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3. medicine laxative: something that acts as a laxative
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archaic
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| [13th century. Via French< Latin purgare "purify" < purus "pure"] |
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| purg·er noun |
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