purge.
To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse; to clear of (something unwanted).
Meaning & usage
To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse; to clear of (something unwanted).
After the process, the machine purges the chamber before venting it to remove toxic gases.
To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
To free from sin, guilt, or burden.
To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
To cause someone to purge; to operate (on somebody) using a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
To forcibly remove, for example, from political activity.
Deng Xiaoping was purged twice during the Cultural Revolution, but managed to return to power after Mao's death.
To forcibly remove people by an organization.
Cromwell had Colonel Pride purge Parliament of royalists who opposed Charles I's execution.
To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
To become pure, as by clarification.
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
To trim, dress, or prune.
Of topical skincare: to force underlying acne to rise to the surface in response to ingredients that increase cell turnover, causing a temporary increase in blemishes.
Differin is purging my skin.
Of skin: to undergo the process of purging.
My skin is purging.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“to make pure, to cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“to make, to do”). The slang sense derived via the 2013 film The Purge.
An act or instance of purging.
An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting.
Something which or someone who purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were irreversible.
An act or instance of the cleansing of pipes.
A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".
The temporarily worsening of acne due to the introduction of skincare products that increase cell turnover, bringing underlying blemishes to the surface more quickly.
A period of time in which normal rules supposedly do not apply; especially, a time for violence and gang war.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“to make pure, to cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“to make, to do”). The slang sense derived via the 2013 film The Purge.
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