1. to clear of guilt
2. to free from moral or ceremonial defilement
3. to cause evacuation from
purge the bowels
4. to make free of something unwanted
purge a manhole of gas purge yourself of fear
5. to free (something, such as a boiler) of sediment or relieve (something, such as a steam pipe) of trapped air by bleeding
6. to rid (a nation, a political party, etc.) by a purge
7. to get rid of
the leaders had been purged
8. to become purged
9. to have or produce frequent evacuations
10. to cause purgation
11. something that purges especially purgative
12. an act or instance of purging
13. the removal of elements or members regarded as undesirable and especially as treacherous or disloyal
14. to remove people from an area, country, organization, etc., often in a violent and sudden way
15. to cause something to leave the body
16. the often violent and sudden removal of people from an area, country, organization, etc.
17. to get rid of
Ineffective workers were purged from the company.
18. to rid of unwanted things or people
The heir alone would be able to … purge the school of all who were unworthy to study magic.
— J. K. Rowling, Chamber of Secrets
19. an act or instance of ridding of what is unwanted
20. the removal of members thought to be treacherous or disloyal
a purge of party leaders
21. to cause evacuation from (as the bowels) or of or from the bowels of
drugs that purge the bowels purged the patient with a cathartic
22. to free (itself) of suspended matter usually by sedimentation —used of a liquid
23. to become purged
24. to cause purgation
25. something that purges especially purgative
26. an act or instance of purging
27. to clear (as oneself or another) of guilt
purged himself of contempt
28. to become no longer guilty of
purge the contempt