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