purge

  1. Noun.  An act of purging.
  2. Noun.  (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
  3. Noun.  A cleansing of pipes.
  4. Noun.  A forcible removal of people from political activity.
  5. Noun.  That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
  7. Verb.  (transitive, religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds.
  8. Verb.  (transitive, medicine) to void the bowels; to vomit.
  9. Verb.  (transitive, legal) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.

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