Crossword clues for purge
purge
- Large-scale dismissal
- Completely remove
- Rid of impurities
- Cleanse thoroughly
- Clean completely
- Political ouster
- Political house-cleaning
- Completely clean out
- Clear of charges
- Clear of a charge
- With "The," horror movie trilogy culminating fittingly in "Election Year"
- Wipe out, politically
- Stalinesque sweep
- Remove, Stalin-style
- Remove undesirable elements from
- Oust, Soviet-style
- Large-scale shake-up
- Large-scale ouster
- Housecleaning of a sort
- Get rid of, Soviet-style
- Film series set in a dystopian America, with "The"
- Eliminate, as undesirables
- Dictator's action
- Completely cleanse
- Complete and total housecleaning
- Clear, as computer memory
- Cleanse of unwanted elements
- (Fictional) one night a year when everyone in America can break any law with impunity, EVEN jaywalking
- Remove, Soviet-style
- Cleanse totally
- Clear of impurities
- Empty
- Rid (of)
- Ridding of sediment or other other undesired elements
- An act of removing by cleansing
- The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
- Cleanse, as of impurities
- Clean out a closet, say
- Get rid of, Stalin style
- Cleanse of impurities
- Dictator's action against dissidents
- Purify
- Political shake-up
- Get rid of grand flawless houses
- Quietly encourage the removal of undesirables
- Quiet desire for witch hunt?
- Clear parking in front of drive
- Witch hunt based on lie under oath: say that's not right
- Remove press, under pressure
- Remove by cleansing
- Purify; oust
- Pride’s initial spur for his historical act?
- Weed out
- Political housecleaning, e.g
- Remove completely
- Root out
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Purge \Purge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purged; p. pr. & vb. n. Purging.] [F. purger, L. purgare; purus pure + agere to make, to do. See Pure, and Agent.]
To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. ``Till fire purge all things new.''
--Milton.(Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
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To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.
When that he hath purged you from sin.
--Chaucer.Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean.
--Ps. li. 7. (Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
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To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.
Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
--Ps. lxxix. 9.We 'll join our cares to purge away Our country's crimes.
--Addison.
Purge \Purge\, v. i.
To become pure, as by clarification.
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
Purge \Purge\, n. [Cf. F. purge. See Purge, v. t.]
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The act of purging.
The preparative for the purge of paganism of the kingdom of Northumberland.
--Fuller. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
--Arbuthnot.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, "clear of a charge or suspicion;" late 14c., "cleanse, clear, purify," from Anglo-French purger, Old French purgier "wash, clean; refine, purify" morally or physically (12c., Modern French purger) and directly from Latin purgare "cleanse, make clean; purify," especially of the body, "free from what is superfluous; remove, clear away," figuratively "refute, justify, vindicate" (also source of Spanish purgar, Italian purgare), from Old Latin purigare, from purus "pure" (see pure) + root of agere "to drive, make" (see act (n.)). Related: Purged; purging.
1560s, "that which purges," from purge (v.). Meaning "a purgative, an act of purging" is from 1590s. Political sense from 1730. Earliest sense in English was the now-obsolete one "examination in a legal court" (mid-15c.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 An act of purge#Verb. 2 (context medicine English) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting. 3 A cleansing of pipes. 4 A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity. 5 That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic. vb. 1 (context transitive English) to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurity 2 (context transitive religion English) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds 3 (context transitive English) To remove by cleansing; to wash away. 4 (context transitive medicine English) to void (the bowels); to vomit. 5 (context transitive medicine English) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner. 6 (context transitive legal English) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation 7 (context transitive English) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor). 8 (context intransitive English) To become pure, as by clarification. 9 (context intransitive English) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
WordNet
n. the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge [syn: purging, purgation]
an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements [syn: purging]
v. oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime" [ant: rehabilitate]
clear of a charge
make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified" [syn: purify, sanctify]
rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: flush, scour]
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" [syn: vomit, vomit up, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
Wikipedia
In history, religion, and political science, a purge is the removal of people who are considered undesirable by those in power from a government, from another organization, from their team owners, or from society as a whole. A group undertaking such an effort is labeled as purging itself. Purges can be either peaceful or violent; with former often resolved by simple removal from office, and latter with the imprisonment, exile, or murder of those purged. Restoring people who have been purged is known as rehabilitation.
Purge is the fourth album by singer/songwriter Bif Naked, released in 2001. (see 2001 in music). In 2002, the song "Dawn" was featured in the movie American Psycho 2, starring Mila Kunis and William Shatner. The songs "Regular Guy" and "Tango Shoes" were featured in Project Gotham Racing 2.
Purge is the forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc. Purge or The Purge may also refer to:
- Purge (During Occupation of Japan), forcible removal of undesirable Japanese from public service during occupation of Japan
- Great Purge, campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union which occurred from 1936 to 1940
- genetic purging, the enhancement of selection against deleterious alleles that is prompted by inbreeding
Purge is a comic book one-shot released on December 28, 2005 by Dark Horse Comics. The story was written by John Ostrander, and the art was done by Doug Wheatley. The events depicted take place in the Star Wars galaxy approximately one month after the events in Revenge of the Sith.
Purge is the first EP released by the industrial alternative rock band Econoline Crush. It was released in Canada in 1994 by EMI, and it garnered them a nomination for a Juno Award. 'Pssyche' is a Killing Joke cover, the original being the b-side to the Wardance single released in 1980.
Purge or PurgeFinal (formerly known as PurgeJihad), is a free first-person shooter computer game published by Freeform Interactive. Purge is the sequel to the Future vs. Fantasy total conversion mod for Quake, and combines futuristic and magical themes. Purge came out of open beta in 2003. Purge became freeware in 2007, and Freeform Interactive had distributed a keygen which enabled anyone to play the game for free.
Purge is a 2008 short film written and directed by Brad Kammlah.
Purge is a novel by Finnish-Estonian writer Sofi Oksanen, which has been translated into thirty-eight languages. Oksanen's third Finnish-language novel, Purge was published in 2008 and is based upon her original play of the same name, staged at the Finnish National Theatre in 2007. As of 2010, Purge is the only one of Oksanen's novels which has been translated into English.
Purge is a story of two women forced to confront their own dark pasts, of collusion and resistance, of rape and sexual slavery set against the backdrop of the Soviet occupation of Estonia.
The Purge in Japan was the prohibition of designated Japanese people from engaging in public service, by order of the General Headquarters of the Allied Forces ( GHQ) after Japan's defeat in World War II. It ended upon Japan's independence in 1952.
Purge is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in Excalibur vol. 3 # 3 and was created by Chris Claremont and Aaron Lopresti.
Purge is a 2012 Finnish drama film directed by Antti Jokinen, based on the novel of the same name by Sofi Oksanen. The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make it to the final shortlist. At the 2013 Jussi Award, the film received eight nominations, including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Costume Design. It won Best Actress for Birn, Best Supporting Actress for Liisi Tandefelt, along with Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design and Best Make-Up Design. Birn was also nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actress.
Purge, in comics, may refer to:
- Dark Horse Comics titles:
- Purge (comic book), a Star Wars comic book
- Purge, a one-shot based on Aliens
- Marvel Comics characters:
- Purge (Marvel Comics), a mutant and Genoshan
- Purge, a Marvel UK character and member of the Bacillicons from the series Digitek
- Purge, a character from X-Treme X-Men
- DC Comics characters:
- Purge, a robot fought that fought Superman and was built by Intergang
- Purge, a character who appeared in the series Gunfire
Usage examples of "purge".
So it was that Asquith purged his body of all nanotechnology, reversed some minor gene engineering, and arrived on Ambergris just in time for some of the excitement he thought he was seeking.
While still in their amniotic vats, the embryos hung in mechanical wombs, exposed to increasing doses of Veritas so that their immune systems became accustomed to the drug and did not purge it completely from their bodies.
Horace, giving the poets a pill, but our fellow Shakespeare hath given him a purge that made him bewray his credit.
The fresh plant, bruised, and applied against the pit of the stomach over the navel, will allay sickness, and is useful to stay the diarrhoeic purging of young children.
Yet, although the Greeks indeed lent their altars to the crusaders for mass, they purged them afterwards, as if they had been profaned Although the Franks had been promised markets for forage, they were obliged, in order to buy necessities, to exchange their silver oboles and their demers, weight by weight, for large bronze coins struck with effigies of the King of Kings, but having no great purchasing value.
She abhorred sin, because she was obliged to purge herself of it by confession under pain of everlasting damnation, and she did not want to be damned.
Nothing but the most desperate exegesis can make these and many similar texts signify simply the purging of individual breasts from their offences and guilt.
Russia and China had racism, oppression, state-mandated feticide, imperialism, gulags, religious intolerance, expanding nuclear stockpiles and enough murdered dissidents and purged peasants to make the Altamont Rock Festival look like a half-filled phone booth.
Eric joined the stream of humanity descending the steps into the subway, whistling a Bach gigue to purge his brain of any remaining taint of irritation with Professor Levoisier.
The march of science, which had been stopped by the local fogs of Todos Santos some fifty years, had not disturbed the simple Aesculapius of the province with heterodox theories: he still purged and bled like Sangrado, and met the priest at the deathbed of his victims with a pious satisfaction that had no trace of skeptical contention.
It was then I found out how good a thing it is to be able to read, for this book, which you, sir, may not have read, contains all that a man need know-- purging him of all the prejudices of his childhood.
The ordeal of the patient, however, could be considerable, as Adams knew from all he had seen at the time he was inoculated, and largely because of various purges that were thought essential to recovery.
The only way for Kyp to cauterize that memory was to purge the entire planet with fire, a fire only the Sun Crusher could unleash.
The bloodlettings, the vomits and the purges were intended to rid the viscera and the circulatory system of peccant humors, and at the same time to relieve the pressure of the animal spirits upon the brain.
Nevertheless, Erasmus purged the air in the chamber and replaced it with clean filtered air.