purged

Verb

purge (third-person singular simple present purges, present participle purging, simple past and past participle purged)

1. (transitive) 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.
2. (transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
3. (transitive) To free from sin, guilt, or burden.
   • Purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 79:9
4. (intransitive, transitive) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
5. (transitive) To cause someone to purge; to operate (on somebody) using a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
   • "What did they die of?” I asked. / "Fevers. The doctor came and bled them and purged them, but they still died." / "He bled and purged babies?" / "They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they … they died anyway."1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred
6. (transitive) 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.

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