purge - Definition | Dictionary definition of purge

Definition of purge

oust politically

"Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"

clear of a charge

Type of:: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

make pure or free from sin or guilt

Types:: spiritualise, spiritualize
purify from the corrupting influences of the world; lustrate
purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

rid of impurities

"purge the water"

"purge your mind"

Type of:: distill, make pure, purify, sublimate
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

"purge the old gas tank"

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

"He purged continuously"

Synonyms:: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up

excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)

"The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"

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

Types:: purification
the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing

an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

Types:: abreaction, catharsis, katharsis
(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions; catharsis, katharsis, purgation
purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels