purge
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(pûrj) 
v., purged, purg·ing, purg·es. v.tr.
v., purged, purg·ing, purg·es. v.tr.
- To free from impurities; purify.
- To remove (impurities and other elements) by or as if by cleansing.
- To rid of sin, guilt, or defilement.
- Law. To clear (a person) of a charge or an imputation. Often used with respect to contempt of court.
- To rid (a nation or political party, for example) of people considered undesirable.
- To get rid of (people considered undesirable). See synonyms at eliminate.
- Medicine.
- To cause evacuation of (the bowels).
- To induce evacuation of the bowels in (an individual).
- To become pure or clean.
- Medicine. To undergo or cause an emptying of the bowels.
- The act or process of purging.
- Something that purges, especially a medicinal purgative.
[Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgāre, from pūrus, pure.]
purger purg'er n.
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Roget's Thesaurus:
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purge
verb
- To free from sin, guilt, or defilement: cleanse, lustrate, purify. See clean/dirty, religion.
- To free from a charge or imputation of guilt: absolve, clear, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate. Law acquit. See law.
- To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution: eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, remove, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, put an end to. See help/harm/harmless, keep/release.
- To discharge (wastes or foreign substances) from the body: eliminate, evacuate, excrete. See keep/release.
noun
- The act or process of eliminating: clearance, elimination, eradication, liquidation, removal, riddance. See keep/release.
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purge
n
Definition: elimination, removal
Antonyms: binge, holding, keeping, maintenance
v
Definition: rid of; clean out
Antonyms: binge, hold, keep, maintain
To evacuate air or gas from a duct line, pipeline, container, space, or furnace; e.g., to blow out gas from a refrigerant-containing vessel.
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.
To exonerate someone; to clear someone of guilt, charges, or accusations.
Purging contempt is to clear an individual of contempt of court. This is generally accomplished by a formal apology to the court and the payment of a fine.
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IN BRIEF: To make clean.
A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
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The release of water from a meat system. This is typical in lower fat systems. Carbohydrates can be used to bind water.
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1. a purgative medicine or dose.
2. to cause free evacuation of feces.
3. to remove outdated data from a file or other store of data.
- p. nut — jatropha curcas.
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categories related to 'purge'
- Procedures - purge: stimulation of intestinal activity and evacuation of bowel contents
- PHARMACOLOGY - purge: purgative or cathartic medication
- Party Functions and Political Practices - purge: elimination of unfit or unfaithful party members
- Attitudes and Behavior - purge: elimination of those regarded as undesirables, esp. from government without due process
- Murder and Suicide - purge: elimination of undesirable elements in group or society
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- For the Wikipedia system function, see Wikipedia:Purge
For other uses, see Purge (disambiguation).
In history, religion, and political science, a purge is the removal of people who are considered undesirable by those in power from a government, from another organization, or from society as a whole. Purges can be peaceful or violent; many will end with the imprisonment or exile of those purged, but in some cases they will simply be removed from office. Restoring people who have been purged is known as rehabilitation.
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Historical use of the term
The earliest use of the term itself was the English Civil War's Pride's Purge. In 1648, the moderate members of the English Long Parliament were purged by the army. Parliament would suffer subsequent purges under the Commonwealth including the purge of the entire House of Lords. Counter-revolutionaries such as royalists were purged as well as more radical revolutionaries such as the Levellers. After the Restoration, obstinate republicans were purged while some fled to New England.
The Shanghai massacre of 1927 and the Night of the Long Knives of 1934, in which the leader of a political party turned against and liquidated a particular section or group within the party, are commonly called "purges" while mass expulsions on grounds of ethnic unreliability, such as the Crimean Tatars and the Japanese-American internment are not.
The term "purge" is often associated with the Stalinist and Maoist regimes. While leading the USSR, Joseph Stalin imprisoned and executed, i.e. purged, "wreckers", or citizens accused of plotting against communism.[1] The most notorious of CPSU purges was the Great Purge initiated by Joseph Stalin during the 1930s.
Though sudden and violent purges are notable, most purges are relatively peaceful, for example the periodic massive purges of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia on grounds of apathy or dereliction, or the purge of Jews and political dissenters from the German Civil Service in 1933-34. Deng Xiaoping was known for having returned to power several times after having been purged.
After France's liberation by the Allies in 1944, purges were processed by the Free French and mostly the French Resistance against former collaborationists, the so-called "vichystes". The legal term was known as épuration légale ("legal purge"). Similar processes in other countries and on other occasions were denazification and decommunization.
Purged record
"Purging" is often used in relations to the removal or shredding of documents or records. These documents can be soft copy such as database records, files or software; or it can be hard copy such as physical files, printed documents, hard disks, etc.
In many countries, laws require certain records to be stored for a specific period (usually 7 years).[2] They can be purged afterwards. Physical files are usually shredded.
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Purge
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - rense
v. intr. - virke afførende
n. - renselse, udrensning
Nederlands (Dutch)
zuiveren, laxeren, weg doen, zuivering
Français (French)
v. tr. - (gén, Méd) purger (de), (Pol) purger, éliminer (de), (Relig) expier, (fig) libérer, purger, (Jur) purger
v. intr. - (Relig) se laver de (péchés), (Jur) se disculper
n. - (gén) purge, (Pol) purge, épuration, (Méd) purge
Deutsch (German)
n. - Säuberung, Abführmittel
v. - reinigen, säubern, sühnen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εκκαθάριση (κόμματος κ.λπ.), καθάρσιο, καθαρτικό
v. - καθαρίζω, εκκαθαρίζω, αποπλύνω, κενώνω (τα έντερα), (καθομ.) λογοκρίνω
Italiano (Italian)
purgare, purificare, spurgare, (leg.) prosciogliere, espiare, purga
Português (Portuguese)
n. - purga (f)
v. - purgar
Русский (Russian)
очищать, прочищать, продувать, очистка, чистка
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - purgar, limpiar
v. intr. - purgarse
n. - purga, purgante
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rening, utrensning (pol.), laxermedel
v. - rena, luttra, rensa upp (pol.), laxera, rentvå
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使洁净, 使净化, 清洗, 清除, 使通便, 净化, 通便, 泻药
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使潔淨, 使淨化, 清洗, 清除, 使通便
v. intr. - 淨化, 清洗, 清除, 通便
n. - 淨化, 瀉藥, 清除
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (몸마음을) 깨끗이 하다
v. intr. - 깨끗해지다, 변을 잘 통하다
n. - 깨끗하게 함, 정화
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 清める, 浄化する, 取り除く, 追放する, 下剤をかける
n. - 浄化, 粛正, 下剤
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) تطهير, دواء مسهل (فعل) طهر
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - טיהר, ערך טיהורים, כיפר עוונות, ניקה, החריא, השתמש בסם משלשל להרקת המעיים, מחק אשמה
v. intr. - היטהר, התרוקנו מעיו
n. - סם משלשל, טיהור
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