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Meanings of purge in English

Catalan
expurgació

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

        expurgació
        Portuguese
        regurgitar
        Catalan
        perbocar
        Spanish
        devolver

        Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

          regurgitar
          Portuguese
          purificar
          Catalan
          santificar

          Make pure or free from sin or guilt.

                purificar
                Catalan
                netejar

                Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid.

                      netejar
                      Usage of purge in English
                      1
                      Ask China, which has long recognised the value of a strategic purge.
                      Reuters
                      2
                      The government also engaged in a major purge of the state media.
                      The Irish Times
                      3
                      It took a long time to purge the water from his body.
                      Neverwhere
                      4
                      When the purge ended, the numbers fell far short of those expected.
                      American-made: the enduring legacy of the wpa : when fdr put the...
                      5
                      This weapon array is different than the others; designed to purge everything.
                      Halo Silentium
                      6
                      In recent days there have been signs the purge is winding down.
                      Reuters
                      7
                      Microscale purge and trap introduction was also used to provide complementary information.
                      Pubmed
                      8
                      No clinically significant difference was observed between reference samples and purge samples.
                      Pubmed
                      9
                      Harrington had set July 1 as the deadline for completing the purge.
                      American-made: the enduring legacy of the wpa : when fdr put the...
                      10
                      This continuing process cannot be described as anything other than a purge.
                      The Guardian
                      11
                      The purge was what counted, the unburdening, rather than the information revealed.
                      The Book of Skulls
                      12
                      Some have already talked up a purge of centrist MPs and members.
                      The Guardian
                      13
                      Andy Mukherjee India's new purge on bad loans will make banks sturdier.
                      Reuters
                      14
                      When it has killed the Chameleon it takes laurel as a purge.
                      The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
                      15
                      There was no need for Alexia to call for a purge bucket.
                      Soulless
                      16
                      I purge, unwilling to unremember my week of minimal living on Kili.
                      Ebony
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                      Translations for purge
                      Purge through the time
                      Purge across language varieties
                      United States of America
                      Common
                      Ireland
                      Common
                      United Kingdom
                      Common