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Defenition of the word purge

    • Defenition of the word purge

      • cause to excrete or evacuate, as of the bowels
      • rid of impurities; "purge your mind"
      • clear of a charge
      • oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
      • an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other other undesired elements
      • the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
      • an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
      • excrete or evacuate (someone''s bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
      • eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
      • rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
      • rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
      • make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
      • an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place
      • excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
      • eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
      • rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
      • rid of impurities
      • make pure or free from sin or guilt
      • oust politically

    Synonyms for the word purge

      • purgation
      • purging

    Hyponyms for the word purge

      • abreaction
      • catharsis
      • colonic
      • colonic irrigation
      • high colonic
      • katharsis
      • lustrate
      • purgation
      • purification
      • spiritualise
      • spiritualize

    Hypernyms for the word purge

      • acquit
      • alter
      • assoil
      • care for
      • change
      • cleaning
      • cleansing
      • cleanup
      • clear
      • clearing
      • discharge
      • distill
      • egest
      • eliminate
      • excrete
      • exculpate
      • exonerate
      • harass
      • make pure
      • modify
      • oppress
      • pass
      • persecute
      • purify
      • removal
      • rinse
      • rinse off
      • sublimate
      • treat

    Antonyms for the word purge

      • keep down
      • rehabilitate

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