purge
/pɜrdʒ/
noun
- An act of removing people from an organization or group suddenly and often violently.
- The army carried out a purge of suspected spies.
- The political purge removed hundreds of officials from their posts.
- After the purge, the organization was completely restructured.
- An act of removing something unwanted or harmful.
- The software performs a purge of temporary files every week.
- A spring purge of the garage got rid of years of junk.
- The cleanse was meant to be a purge of toxins from the body.
verb
- To remove people from an organization or group suddenly and often violently, because they are considered undesirable or disloyal.
- The company purged several executives after the scandal.
- The new leader purged the party of all his rivals.
- The dictator purged the military to eliminate any opposition.
- To remove something unwanted or harmful from a place or system.
- The water filter purges impurities from the tap water.
- She purged old files from her computer to free up space.
- He purged his closet of clothes he never wore.
- To make yourself or someone else get rid of something (such as a feeling, memory, or substance) by a forceful or cleansing process.
- He tried to purge the guilt from his mind by confessing.
- The doctor gave her medicine to purge the poison from her body.
- Writing in a journal helped her purge her negative thoughts.