purge
verb
[ pəːdʒ ]
• rid (someone or something) of an unwanted quality, condition, or feeling.
• "Bob had helped purge Martha of the terrible guilt that had haunted her"
• remove (a group of people considered undesirable) from an organization or place in an abrupt or violent way.
• "he purged all but 26 of the central committee members"
Similar:
remove,
get rid of,
clear out,
sweep out,
expel,
eject,
exclude,
evict,
dismiss,
sack,
oust,
axe,
depose,
eradicate,
root out,
weed out,
scour,
defenestrate,
• physically remove or expel (something) completely.
• "a substance designed to purge impurities from the body"
• atone for or wipe out (contempt of court).
• "he has a right to apply to the court to purge his contempt"
purge
noun
• an abrupt or violent removal of a group of people.
• "many of us live in fear of a purge"
Similar:
removal,
expulsion,
ejection,
exclusion,
eviction,
clearance,
clear-out,
discharge,
dismissal,
sacking,
ousting,
deposition,
eradication,
rooting out,
weeding out,
defenestration,
deposal,
• a laxative.
• "in this plant was a milky substance which was a drastic purge"
Origin:
Middle English (in the legal sense ‘clear oneself of a charge’): from Old French purgier, from Latin purgare ‘purify’, from purus ‘pure’.
