purge
noun
1 purge
The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge.
synonyms: purgation, purging.
2 purge
An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements.
synonym: purging.
Dutch: purgatie, zuivering
3 purge
An abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place.
Polish: czystka
verb
1 purge
Oust politically.
Roget 952:
atone,
atone for;
expiate;
propitiate;
make amends,
make good;
reclaim,
redeem,
repair,
ransom,
absolve,
purge,
shrive,
do penance,
stand in a white sheet,
repent in sackcloth and ashes,
wear a hairshirt.
set one's house in order,
wipe off old scores,
make matters up;
pay the forfeit,
pay the penalty.
apologize,
beg pardon,
fair l'amende honorable [Fr.],
give satisfaction;
come down on one's knees,
fall down on one's knees,
down on one's marrow bones.
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2 purge
3 purge
Make pure or free from sin or guilt.
synonyms: purify, sanctify.
Dutch: heiligen
4 purge
5 purge
Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid:
— Purge the old gas tank.
synonyms: flush, scour.
Roget 652:
be clean,
render clean
etc.
adj.;
clean,
cleanse;
mundify†,
rinse,
wring,
flush,
full,
wipe,
mop,
sponge,
scour,
swab,
scrub,
brush up.
wash,
lave,
launder,
buck;
absterge†,
deterge†;
decrassify†;
clear,
purify;
depurate†,
despumate†,
defecate;
purge,
expurgate,
elutriate [Chem],
lixiviate†,
edulcorate†,
clarify,
refine,
rack;
filter,
filtrate;
drain,
strain.
disinfect,
fumigate,
ventilate,
deodorize;
whitewash;
castrate,
emasculate.
sift,
winnow,
pick,
weed,
comb,
rake,
brush,
sweep.
rout out,
clear out,
sweep out
&c.;
make a clean sweep of.
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6 purge
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth:
— He purged continuously.
synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up ... show more.
Roget 297:
give exit,
give vent to;
let out,
give out,
pour out,
squeeze out,
send out;
dispatch,
despatch;
exhale,
excern†,
excrete;
embogue†;
secrete,
secern†;
extravasate [Med.],
shed,
void,
evacuation;
emit;
open the sluices,
open the floodgates;
turn on the tap;
extrude,
detrude†;
effuse,
spend,
expend;
pour forth;
squirt,
spirt†,
spurt,
spill,
slop;
perspire
etc.
(exude)
295;
breathe,
blow
etc.
(wind)
349.
tap,
draw off;
bale out,
lade out;
let blood,
broach.
eject,
reject;
expel,
discard;
cut,
send to coventry,
boycott;
chasser [Fr.];
banish
etc.
(punish)
972;
bounce [U.S.];
fire [Slang],
fire out [Slang];
throw
etc.
284,
throw out,
throw up,
throw off,
throw away,
throw aside;
push
etc.
276;
throw out,
throw off,
throw away,
throw aside;
shovel out,
shovel away,
sweep out,
sweep away;
brush off,
brush away,
whisk off,
whisk away,
turn off,
turn away,
send off,
send away;
discharge;
send adrift,
turn adrift,
cast adrift;
turn out,
bundle out;
throw overboard;
give the sack to;
send packing,
send about one's business,
send to the right about;
strike off the roll
etc.
(abrogate)
756;
turn out neck and heels,
turn out head and shoulders,
turn out neck and crop;
pack off;
send away with a flea in the ear;
send to Jericho;
bow out,
show the door to,
turn out of doors,
turn out of house and home;
evict,
oust;
unhouse,
unkennel;
dislodge;
unpeople†,
dispeople†;
depopulate;
relegate,
deport.
empty;
drain to the dregs;
sweep off;
clear off,
clear out,
clear away;
suck,
draw off;
clean out,
make a clean sweep of,
clear decks,
purge.
embowel†,
disbowel†,
disembowel;
eviscerate,
gut;
unearth,
root out,
root up;
averuncate†;
weed out,
get out;
eliminate,
get rid of,
do away with,
shake off;
exenterate†.
vomit,
throw up,
regurgitate,
spew,
puke,
keck†,
retch,
heave,
upchuck,
chuck up,
barf;
belch out;
cast up,
bring up,
be sick,
get sick,
worship the porcelain god.
disgorge;
expectorate,
clear the throat,
hawk,
spit,
sputter,
splutter,
slobber,
drivel,
slaver,
slabber†;
eructate;
drool.
unpack,
unlade,
unload,
unship,
offload;
break bulk;
dump.
be let out.
spew forth,
erupt,
ooze
etc.
(emerge)
295.
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Dutch: kotsen, spuwen, vomeren, braken, spugen, overgeven, leegstromen
7 purge
Excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body).
Dutch: laxeren, purgeren
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purged
Moby thesaurus: banned, barred, bowdlerized, cleaned, cleaned up, cleansed, debarred, deported, ejected, excluded, exiled, expelled, expurgated, left out, liquidated, not in it, not included, precluded, prohibited, purified, refined, reformed, shut out, spruce, tabooed, tidy ... show more.
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