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• purge — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)ʤ[/t]] purges, purging, purged 1) VERB To purge an organization of its unacceptable members means to remove them from it. You can also talk about purging people from an organization. [V n of n] The leadership voted to purge the party… …   English dictionary

• 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 — [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 of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union — The first major purge of the Communist Party ranks (or simply purges, ru. чистка – cleansing ) was performed by Bolsheviks as early as 1921. About 220,000 members were purged or left the party in 1921. The purge was justified by the necessity to… …   Wikipedia

• purge — I n. 1) to carry out, conduct a purge 2) a radical, sweeping purge II v. 1)(D; tr.) ( to remove ) to purge from (all dissidents were purged from the party) 2) (D; tr.) ( to cleanse ) to purge of (the party was purged of all disloyal elements) * * …   Combinatory dictionary

• Purge — In history and political science, to purge is to remove people considered by the group in power to be undesirable from a government, political party, a profession, or from community or society as a whole, often by violent means. Restoration of… …   Wikipedia

• purge — purge1 [pə:dʒ US pə:rdʒ] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: purgier, from Latin purgare to make pure , from purus; PURE] 1.) [T] to force people to leave a place or organization because the people in power do not like them purge sth of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• purge — 1 verb (T) 1 to force your opponents or people who disagree with you to leave an organization or place, often by using violence: purge sth of sb/sth: an attempt to purge the region of ethnic minorities | purge sb/sth from sth: purging dissidents… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Purge stalinienne — Grandes Purges Les Grandes purges sont les principales purges staliniennes, concentrées sur une période de répression massive en Union soviétique vers le milieu et la fin des années 1930. La direction du Parti communiste, sous les ordres de… …   Wikipédia en Français

• purge — I. verb (purged; purging) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French purger, from Latin purigare, purgare to purify, purge, from purus pure + igare (akin to agere to drive, do) more at act Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to clear of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• purge — [[t]pɜrdʒ[/t]] v. purged, purg•ing, n. 1) to rid of impurities; cleanse; purify 2) to rid, clear, or free: to purge a political party of disloyal members[/ex] 3) to clear of imputed guilt 4) to remove by cleansing or purifying 5) med to clear or… …   From formal English to slang