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purge

noun

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Sense 1 noun

the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge

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Sense 2 verb

oust politically

Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime

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Sense 3 noun

an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

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Sense 4 verb

clear of a charge

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Sense 5 noun

an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place

he died in a purge by Stalin

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Sense 6 verb

make pure or free from sin or guilt

he left the monastery purified

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Sense 7 verb

rid of impurities

purge the water

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Sense 8 verb

rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

flush the wound with antibiotics

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Sense 9 verb

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

After drinking too much, the students vomited

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Sense 10 verb

excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)

The doctor decided that the patient must be purged

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 derivation Related & opposite purge
1 derivation Related & opposite purify
1 derivation Related & opposite purge
1 hypernym Types & categories clearing
1 hyponym Types & categories purification
2 antonym Related & opposite rehabilitate
2 derivation Related & opposite purge
2 hypernym Types & categories persecute
3 derivation Related & opposite scour
3 derivation Related & opposite purge
3 hypernym Types & categories cleaning
3 hyponym Types & categories catharsis
3 hyponym Types & categories purgation
4 derivation Related & opposite purge
4 hypernym Types & categories acquit
5 derivation Related & opposite purge
5 hypernym Types & categories removal
6 derivation Related & opposite purge
6 derivation Related & opposite purgation
6 derivation Related & opposite sanctification
6 derivation Related & opposite apotheosis
6 derivation Related & opposite holy man
6 derivation Related & opposite sinlessness
6 hypernym Types & categories change
6 hyponym Types & categories spiritualise
6 hyponym Types & categories lustrate
7 derivation Related & opposite purging
7 derivation Related & opposite purge
7 hypernym Types & categories distill
8 derivation Related & opposite purging
8 derivation Related & opposite scour
8 hypernym Types & categories rinse
9 antonym Related & opposite keep down
9 derivation Related & opposite vomiting
9 derivation Related & opposite retch
9 derivation Related & opposite emetic
9 derivation Related & opposite sick
9 derivation Related & opposite vomiter
9 derivation Related & opposite vomit
9 hypernym Types & categories excrete
10 causes Related & opposite void
10 derivation Related & opposite purgation
10 derivation Related & opposite purgative
10 hypernym Types & categories treat