purge
- sense 1: oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
- purge
- persecute oppress harass
- torment rag bedevil crucify dun frustrate
- harass hassle harry chivy chivvy chevy chevvy beset plague molest provoke
- sense 2: clear of a charge
- purge
- acquit assoil clear discharge exonerate exculpate
- sense 3: make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
- purify purge sanctify
- sense 4: rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
- purge
- purify sublimate make_pure distill
- better improve amend ameliorate meliorate
- sense 5: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
- flush scour purge
- sense 6: 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"
- vomit vomit_up purge cast sick cat be_sick disgorge regorge retch puke barf spew spue chuck upchuck honk regurgitate throw_up
- sense 7: excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
- purge