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• Purge — Purge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purging}.] [F. purger, L. purgare; purus pure + agere to make, to do. See {Pure}, and {Agent}.] 1. To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• purge — [c]/pɜdʒ / (say perj) verb (purged, purging) –verb (t) 1. to cleanse; rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; purify. 2. to eliminate, as by killing, an unwanted person, as a political opponent or potential opponent. 3. to clear (a person,… …  

• purge — Synonyms and related words: BM, abolishment, abolition, absolve, abstergent, abstersion, abstract, account for, acquit, amnesty, annihilate, annihilation, annulment, aperient, assassinate, assassination, bandage, bathe, bereave of life, bleach,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• purge — / pərj/ vt purged, purg·ing 1: to clear (as oneself or another) of guilt purged himself of contempt 2: to become no longer guilty of purge the contempt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Mer …   Law dictionary

• purge — [n] elimination, removal abolition, abstersion, catharsis, clarification, cleaning, cleanup, coup, crushing, disposal, disposition, ejection, eradication, evacuation, excretion,expulsion, expurgation, extermination, extirpation, liquidation,… …   New thesaurus

• purge — [pʉrj] vt. purged, purging [ME purgen < OFr purgier < L purgare, to cleanse < purus, clean (see PURE) + agere, to do: see ACT1] 1. to cleanse or rid of impurities, foreign matter, or undesirable elements 2. to cleanse of guilt, sin, or… …   English World dictionary

• purge — purgeable, adj. purger, n. /perrj/, v., purged, purging, n. v.t. 1. to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify. 2. to rid, clear, or free (usually fol. by of or from): to purge a political party of disloyal members. 3. to clear… …   Universalium

• purge — v 1. cleanse, clear, purify, lustrate, clean out, scour out, free from impurity; deterge, mundify, depurate. 2. eject, expel, rout out, weed out, root out, ease or freeze out, close the door on, cashier, drum out, get rid of; clear out, sweep out …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• purge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cleanse, clarify; flush, wash, clear; atone; pardon, absolve, acquit; expiate; evacuate, remove; liquidate, kill. See atonement, cleanness, purity, killing. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Cleansing] Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

• purge — I. v. a. 1. Cleanse, clear, purify, free from impurity. 2. Clarify, defecate. 3. Physic, scour. 4. Deterge, wash away. II. n. See purgative …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Great Purge — ( ru. Большая чистка, transliterated Bolshaya chistka ) was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin in 1937 1938. Orlando Figes The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin s… …   Wikipedia