purges

Synonyms

purging purgation shrive

Examples

Anger, which purges resentment. Joseph Joubert

Knowledge never injures the soul. It only purges that which encrusts and saps the soul. Robert Silverberg

Pol Pot carried out through the years enormous purges against his own followers because of his paranoia. Sydney Schanberg

Adoration in prayer purges our spirit and prepares us to listen to God. Bill Hybels

Fire purges everything. Berber Proverb

Although he had previously been a careful supporter of the official lines, Ceaușescu came to embody Romanian society's wish for independence after what many considered years of Soviet directives and purges, during and after the SovRom fiasco. Source: Internet