purge
purge (pʉrj)
transitive verb purged, purg′·ing
- to cleanse or rid of impurities, foreign matter, or undesirable elements
- to cleanse of guilt, sin, or ceremonial defilement
- to remove by cleansing; clear (away, off, or out)
- to rid (a nation, political party, etc.) of individuals held to be disloyal or undesirable
- to kill or otherwise get rid of (such individuals)
- Law to free from a charge or imputation of guilt
- Med.
- to empty (the bowels)
- to cause (a person) to empty the bowels
Etymology: ME purgen < OFr purgier < L purgare, to cleanse < purus, clean (see pure) + agere, to do: see act
intransitive verb
- to become clean, clear, or pure
- to have or effect a thorough bowel movement
noun
- the act of purging
- that which purges; esp., a purgative, or cathartic
- the process of ridding a nation, political party, etc. of individuals held to be disloyal or undesirable
purge
n.
Cleansing
abstersion, clarification, expurgation; see cleaning, purification.Excretion
defecation, evacuation, catharsis; see excretion 1.Elimination
eradication, disposal, murder, removal, liquidation, extermination, annihilation, extirpation, assassination, abolition, extinction, disposition, expulsion, ejection; see also destruction 1.
purge
v.
Object
- valve: Another one could be a sticking carbon canister purge valve.
- conscience: So why not share what truly inspires us, or touches the heart, or purges the conscience?
- evil: So you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.
- sin: MedXLIX:1 Each terrace of the Mount of Purgatory is watched over by an Angel, of the opposite virtue to the sin purged there.
- air: This is achieved by flushing the desiccant bed with a flow of purge air which may or may not be heated.
- button: A second stage scuba regulator also has a purge button which forces the intake valve to open.
Converse of object
- downloading: Webmail Users Delete the email without downloading the attachment Purge your trash folder All Users We recommend protecting your PC and data from viruses.
Adjective modifier
- bloody: Saddam's first period in office witnessed a bloody purge of the Iraqi left.
- political: Nowhere was the chaos more apparent than in the country's past, which witnessed wholesale political purges and the slaughter of Buddhist monks.
Modifies a noun
- air: This is due to the cost of the purge air which the heatless dryers use in larger quantities than do heat regenerative types.
Modifying Another Word
- thoroughly: The state apparatus has been thoroughly purged of all Fascist elements.
- regularly: Data no longer required for the legitimate purposes of the CWU will be regularly purged.
- finally: I feel like I have finally purged myself of the repetitive thoughts that have been torturing me for the last year.
- once: On the basis of this, " the worshipers, once purged, have no more conscience of sins.
- completely: Before entering into glory man must be completely purged of sin by means of a spiritual purification of his soul.
- then: Someone with bulimia will have a very chaotic eating pattern where they binge eat and then purge ( get rid of their food ).
Noun used with modifier
- attachment: Webmail Users Delete the email without downloading the attachment Purge your trash folder All Users We recommend protecting your PC and data from viruses.
Particle object:
- leaven: So the exercise in chapter 5 is to purge out all leaven that " ye may be a new lump.
Used with why or when
- when: Many of these accounts will be extinct and will be purged when new accounts are created under the new domain.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- away: Thy blood so freely spilled, can blanch my blackest stains and purge away my guilt.
Every book is like a purge; at the end of it one is emptylikea dryshell onthebeach, waiting for thetide to come in again.
Behold, thoudesiresttruth intheinward parts: and inthe hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Browse dictionary entries near purge
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