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purge
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- pronunciation:
- puhrj
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
purges, purging, purged |
definition 1: |
to rid of anything impure or unwanted.
They purged his stomach at the hospital.- synonyms:
- cleanse, clear, expurgate, purify
- similar words:
- clarify, decontaminate, deterge, flush, rarefy, refine, rid, sanitize
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definition 2: |
to free or rid (usu. fol. by "of" or "from").
The mechanic purged the engine of excess fuel.The dictator purged his party of those he deemed a risk to his authority.- synonyms:
- clear, rid
- similar words:
- cleanse, divest, empty, expurgate, purify, remove
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definition 3: |
to clear of sin or guilt.
Through confession, he wished to purge his soul.- synonyms:
- cleanse, purify, sanctify, wash
- antonyms:
- corrupt
- similar words:
- absolve, acquit, chasten, clear, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, forgive, pardon, vindicate
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definition 4: |
to make atonement for.
She hoped to purge her sin through acts of kindness.- synonyms:
- atone, expiate
- similar words:
- compensate, make amends, remunerate, repent
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definition 5: |
to kill or expel (members of a party, government, organization, or the like) so as to rid a society of those considered to be undesirable.
Jewish doctors were among those purged by Stalin.- synonyms:
- displace, eject, expel, oust
- similar words:
- banish, blackball, depose, dethrone, dismiss, drum out, eliminate, liquidate, ostracize, overthrow, remove, supplant, unseat, weed
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definition 6: |
to cause (the bowels) to empty, as with a purgative.
- synonyms:
- evacuate, void
- similar words:
- discharge, empty, excrete, shit
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definition 7: |
to cause the bowels of (a person) to empty.
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related words: |
censor, clarify, eliminate, execute, liquidate, move, refine, remove, scour, vent, void, wash |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to become purged.
- synonyms:
- purify
- similar words:
- clarify, clean, clear, flush, rarefy
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definition 2: |
to cause or undergo purging of the bowels.
- synonyms:
- defecate, evacuate
- similar words:
- shit
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related words: |
burst |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
the act or an instance of purging.
- synonyms:
- catharsis, cleansing, purgation, purification
- similar words:
- ablution, evacuation, expurgation
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definition 2: |
the political act of killing or expelling those who are considered to be a threat to an existing power.
- synonyms:
- banishment, ejection, expulsion, ouster, removal
- similar words:
- deposition, dismissal, excommunication, overthrow
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definition 3: |
that which purges, esp. a purgative drug.
- synonyms:
- cathartic, diuretic, laxative, purgative
- similar words:
- aperient, enema, physic, salt
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related words: |
massacre |
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derivations: |
purgeable (adj.), purger (n.) |
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