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purge

(pûrj)

v. purged, purg·ing, purg·es

v.tr.

a. To clear (a container or space, for example) of something unclean or unwanted: purge a water pipe of air.

b. To remove or eliminate (unwanted physical matter): purge the air from a water pipe.

a. To rid (a person or thing) of something unwanted: "He had purged his brain of grandiose and debilitating dreams" (Tom Junod).

b. To remove or eliminate (an unwanted element): attempts to purge indecent remarks from company email.

3. Law To clear (a person) of a charge or conviction.

a. To rid (a nation or political party, for example) of people considered undesirable.

b. To get rid of (people considered undesirable).

5. Medicine

a. To cause evacuation of (the bowels).

b. To induce evacuation of the bowels in (an individual).

6. Computers

a. To clear (a storage device) of unwanted data.

b. To delete (unwanted data) from a storage device.

v.intr.

1. Medicine To undergo or cause an emptying of the bowels.

2. To vomit or force oneself to vomit, especially as a symptom of an eating disorder.

1. The act or process of purging: a purge of unwanted files.

2. Something that purges, especially a medicinal purgative.

3. An instance of vomiting or of forcing oneself to vomit.

[Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgāre, from pūrus, pure; see peuə- in Indo-European roots.]

purg′er n.

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purge

(pɜːdʒ)

1. (tr) to rid (something) of (impure or undesirable elements)

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to rid (a state, political party, etc) of (dissident or troublesome people)

3. (Physiology) (tr)

a. to empty (the bowels) by evacuation of faeces

b. to cause (a person) to evacuate his bowels

4. (Law)

a. to clear (a person) of a charge

b. to free (oneself) of guilt, as by atonement: to purge contempt.

5. (intr) to be cleansed or purified

6. the act or process of purging

7. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the elimination of opponents or dissidents from a state, political party, etc

8. (Medicine) a purgative drug or agent; cathartic

[C14: from Old French purger, from Latin pūrgāre to purify]

ˈpurger n

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purge

(pɜrdʒ)

v. purged, purg•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to rid of impurities; cleanse; purify.

2. to rid, clear, or free: to purge a political party of disloyal members.

3. to clear of imputed guilt.

4. to remove by cleansing or purifying.

5. to clear or empty (the stomach or intestines) by inducing vomiting or evacuation.

6. to eliminate (undesirable members) from a government, political organization, etc.

v.i.

7. to become cleansed or purified.

8. to undergo or cause emptying of the stomach or intestines.

9. the act or process of purging.

10. the removal or elimination of members of a political organization, government, etc., considered disloyal or otherwise undesirable, often in a summary or violent manner.

11. something that purges, as a purgative medicine.

[1250–1300; (v.) Middle English < Old French purg(i)er < Latin pūrgāre to refine, clean, purge]

purge′a•ble, adj.

purg′er, n.

purge

- To purge a tree is to prune it; to purge a candle is to snuff it.

purge

Past participle: purged
Gerund: purging

Imperative
purge
purge

Present
I purge
you purge
he/she/it purges
we purge
you purge
they purge

Preterite
I purged
you purged
he/she/it purged
we purged
you purged
they purged

Present Continuous
I am purging
you are purging
he/she/it is purging
we are purging
you are purging
they are purging

Present Perfect
I have purged
you have purged
he/she/it has purged
we have purged
you have purged
they have purged

Past Continuous
I was purging
you were purging
he/she/it was purging
we were purging
you were purging
they were purging

Past Perfect
I had purged
you had purged
he/she/it had purged
we had purged
you had purged
they had purged

Future
I will purge
you will purge
he/she/it will purge
we will purge
you will purge
they will purge

Future Perfect
I will have purged
you will have purged
he/she/it will have purged
we will have purged
you will have purged
they will have purged

Future Continuous
I will be purging
you will be purging
he/she/it will be purging
we will be purging
you will be purging
they will be purging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been purging
you have been purging
he/she/it has been purging
we have been purging
you have been purging
they have been purging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been purging
you will have been purging
he/she/it will have been purging
we will have been purging
you will have been purging
they will have been purging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been purging
you had been purging
he/she/it had been purging
we had been purging
you had been purging
they had been purging

Conditional
I would purge
you would purge
he/she/it would purge
we would purge
you would purge
they would purge

Past Conditional
I would have purged
you would have purged
he/she/it would have purged
we would have purged
you would have purged
they would have purged

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Noun	1.	purge - the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge purging, purgation purification - the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance" clearing - the act of freeing from suspicion
	2.	purge - an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements purging cleaning, cleansing, cleanup - the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning" abreaction, catharsis, katharsis - (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions katharsis, purgation, catharsis - purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
	3.	purge - an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin" removal - dismissal from office
Verb	1.	purge - oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime" persecute, oppress - cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union" rehabilitate - reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime"
	2.	purge - clear of a charge acquit, assoil, exculpate, exonerate, discharge, clear - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
	3.	purge - make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified" purify, sanctify alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" spiritualise, spiritualize - purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" lustrate - purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
	4.	purge - rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind" distill, make pure, purify, sublimate - remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
	5.	purge - rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" scour, flush rinse, rinse off - wash off soap or remaining dirt
	6.	purge - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" barf, be sick, puke, regorge, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, retch, sick, spue, disgorge, cat, spew, chuck, honk, regurgitate, cast egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
	7.	purge - excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged" care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

purge

verb

1. rid, clear, cleanse, strip, empty, void They voted to purge the party of `hostile and anti-party elements`.

2. get rid of, kill, remove, dismiss, axe (informal), expel, wipe out, oust, eradicate, eject, do away with, liquidate, exterminate, sweep out, rout out, wipe from the face of the earth, rid somewhere of They have purged thousands from the upper levels of the civil service. They purged any individuals suspected of loyalty to the king.

3. cleanse, clear, purify, wash, clean out, expiate He lay still, trying to purge his mind of anxiety.

noun

1. removal, elimination, crushing, expulsion, suppression, liquidation, cleanup, witch hunt, eradication, ejection a thorough purge of people associated with the late ruler

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purge

verb

1. To free from sin, guilt, or defilement:

cleanse, lustrate, purify.

2. Law. To free from a charge or imputation of guilt:

absolve, clear, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate.

Law: acquit.

3. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution:

eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, remove, wipe out.

Idioms: do away with, put an end to.

4. Medicine. To discharge (wastes or foreign substances) from the body:

eliminate, evacuate, excrete.

noun

The act or process of eliminating:

clearance, elimination, eradication, liquidation, removal, riddance.

Translations

تَطْهير، تَنْظيفيُطَهِّر حِزْبا من غَيْر المُخْلِصينيُنَظِّف، يُطَهِّر

čistkaočistaočistitprovést čistku

udrenseudrenselse

reinigen Reinigung säubern

puhdistaa

purge purifier

kitisztítástisztogatás

hreinsa tilhreinsa, hvítòvohreinsun

purgare purificare cancellare completamente epurare epurazione

išvalymas

attīrīšanaattīrītiztīrīttīrīšanaveikt tīrīšanu

renselse utrensking

purgar

чистка

očistaurobiť čistku

temizlemektemizleyip arındırmaktemizlik

净化清洗清除

purge

[pɜːdʒ]

A. N (all senses) → purga f, depuración f

B. VT (all senses) → purgar, depurar

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purge

[ˈpɜː^rdʒ]

[+ organization] → épurer, purger
to purge sth of sb → épurer qch de qn, purger qch de qn

(= remove) [+ person] → évincer, exclure; [+ people] → épurer
to purge sb from sth [+ person] → évincer qn de qch, exclure de qch; [+ people] → épurer qn de qch
They had done their best to purge extremists from the party → Ils s'étaient efforcés d'épurer les extrémistes du parti.

(MEDICINE) [+ drug, substance] → éliminer
to purge sth from sb
It took a long time to purge the drugs from his body → Cela a pris longtemps pour éliminer les drogues qu'il avait accumulées.

(MEDICINE) → purge f

(POLITICS) → purgef → épuration f

purge

(Med) → (starkes) Abführmittel

(Pol etc) → Säuberung(saktion) f; a purge of all radical elements in the party → eine Säuberung der Partei von allen radikalen Elementen

vt → reinigen; body → entschlacken; guilt, offence, sin → büßen; (Pol etc) party, organization → säubern (of von); traitor, member → eliminieren (from aus); to purge the bowels → den Darm entleeren

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purge

[pɜːdʒ]

1. n (gen) (Med) → purga (Pol) → epurazione f, purga

2. vt

a. (Med) → purgare (Pol) to purge (of) → epurare (da)
to purge one's sins → espiare i propri peccati
to purge o.s. of sth → liberarsi da qc

b. (Law) (offence, crime) → espiare

purge

(pəːdʒ) verb

1. to make (something) clean by clearing it of everything that is bad, not wanted etc.

2. to rid (a political party etc) of disloyal members.

noun

an act of purging.

purgative (ˈpəːgətiv) noun, adjective

(a medicine) which clears waste matter out of the body.

purge

n. purga, medicamento o catártico;

v. purgar o limpiar; forzar la evacuación de los intestinos por medio de un purgante.

purge

n (ant) purga

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The homes of the Military and Artisan classes were inspected in a course of visitations extending through upwards of a year; and during that period every town, village, and hamlet was systematically purged of that excess of the lower orders which had been brought about by the neglect to pay the tribute of Criminals to the Schools and University, and by the violation of the other natural Laws of the Constitution of Flatland.

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Some of them were sabered and the Kremlin was purged of their presence."

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Not to quote the illustrious examples of those heroic scourges of mankind, whose amiable path in life has been from birth to death through blood, and fire, and ruin, and who would seem to have existed for no better purpose than to teach mankind that as the absence of pain is pleasure, so the earth, purged of their presence, may be deemed a blessed place--not to quote such mighty instances, it will be sufficient to refer to old John Willet.

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Now Nietzsche disagreed entirely with Renan's view, that Christ was "le grand maitre en ironie"; in Aphorism 31 of "The Antichrist", he says that he (Nietzsche) always purged his picture of the Humble Nazarene of all those bitter and spiteful outbursts which, in view of the struggle the first Christians went through, may very well have been added to the original character by Apologists and Sectarians who, at that time, could ill afford to consider nice psychological points, seeing that what they needed, above all, was a wrangling and abusive deity.

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