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What (who) is Purge - definition
REMOVAL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSIDERED UNDESIRABLE
Purges; Purge (repression); Party purge; Purged; Purge (political); Political purge
purge
I
n.
1) to carry out, conduct a purge
2) a radical, sweeping purge
II
v.
1)(D; tr.) ('to remove') to purge from (all dissidents were purged from the party)
2) (D; tr.) ('to cleanse') to purge of (the party was purged of all disloyal elements)
purge
(purges, purging, purged)
1.
To purge an organization of its unacceptable members means to remove them from it. You can also talk about purging people from an organization.
The leadership voted to purge the party of 'hostile and anti-party elements'...
He recently purged the armed forces, sending hundreds of officers into retirement...
They have purged thousands from the upper levels of the civil service.
VERB: V n of n, V n, V n from n
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Purge is also a noun.
The army have called for a more thorough purge of people associated with the late President...
N-COUNT: oft N of n
2.
If you purge something of undesirable things, you get rid of them.
He closed his eyes and lay still, trying to purge his mind of anxiety...
= rid
VERB: V n of n, also V n
purge
¦ verb
1. rid of an unwanted feeling or condition.
2. remove (a group of people considered undesirable) from an organization or place.
3. remove by a cleansing process.
4. [often as noun purging] evacuate the bowels, especially as a result of taking a laxative.
5. Law atone for or wipe out (contempt of court).
¦ noun an act of purging people from an organization or place.
Derivatives
purger noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. purgier, from L. purgare 'purify', from purus 'pure'.
Wikipedia
Purge
In history, religion and political science, a purge is a position removal or execution of people who are considered undesirable by those in power from a government, another organization, their team leaders, or society as a whole. A group undertaking such an effort is labeled as purging itself. Purges can be either nonviolent or violent, with the former often resolved by the simple removal of those who have been purged from office, and the latter often resolved by the imprisonment, exile, or murder of those who have been purged.
Examples of use of Purge
1. He‘s had purge after purge after purge of belligerent commanders, and they‘ve all been swept up by Iran.
2. But his testimony never linked Saddam directly to the purge.
3. Many staffers were dismissed, but Davis survived the purge.
4. He was, however, removed during a purge of army commanders.
5. Now, let me purge this formula of its gender implications.