purge
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
Types & categories
- clearing hypernym
- purification hyponym
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Sense 2 verb
oust politically
Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime
Types & categories
- persecute hypernym
Related & opposite
- rehabilitate antonym
- purge derivation
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
Types & categories
- acquit hypernym
Related & opposite
- purge derivation
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
Types & categories
- removal hypernym
Related & opposite
- purge derivation
Sense 6 verb
make pure or free from sin or guilt
he left the monastery purified
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- spiritualise hyponym
- lustrate hyponym
Related & opposite
- purge derivation
- purgation derivation
- sanctification derivation
- apotheosis derivation
- holy man derivation
- sinlessness derivation
Sense 7 verb
rid of impurities
purge the water
Types & categories
- distill hypernym
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Sense 8 verb
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
flush the wound with antibiotics
Types & categories
- rinse hypernym
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Sense 9 verb
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
After drinking too much, the students vomited
Types & categories
- excrete hypernym
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Sense 10 verb
excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
The doctor decided that the patient must be purged
Types & categories
- treat hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |