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purge

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Verb

  1. To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse.
  2. To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
  3. To free from sin, guilt, or burden.
  4. To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
  5. To cause someone to purge; to operate (on somebody) using a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
  6. To forcibly remove, for example, from political activity.
  7. To forcibly remove people by an organization.
  8. To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
  9. To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
  10. To become pure, as by clarification.
  11. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
  12. To trim, dress, or prune.

Noun

  1. An act or instance of purging.
  2. An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting.
  3. Something which or someone who purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
  4. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
  5. An act or instance of the cleansing of pipes.
  6. A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".

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