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purge

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1. purge - Noun

2. purge - Verb

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To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.

To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.

To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.

To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.

To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.

To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.

To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.

To become pure, as by clarification.

To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.

The act of purging.

That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

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After drinking too much, the students vomited Source: Internet

He purged continuously Source: Internet

The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night Source: Internet

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he died in a purge by Stalin Source: Internet

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