purge
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse.
- To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
- To free from sin, guilt, or burden.
- To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
- To cause someone to purge; to operate (on somebody) using a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
- To forcibly remove, for example, from political activity.
- To forcibly remove people by an organization.
- To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
- To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
- To become pure, as by clarification.
- To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
- To trim, dress, or prune.
Noun
- An act or instance of purging.
- An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting.
- Something which or someone who purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
- A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
- An act or instance of the cleansing of pipes.
- A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".
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