Crossword clues for purging
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.
Purging \Pur"ging\, a. That purges; cleansing.
Purging flax (Bot.), an annual European plant of the genus Linum ( Linum catharticum); dwarf wild flax; -- so called from its use as a cathartic medicine.
Purging \Pur"ging\, n. (Med.) The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act by which something is purged. 2 (context medicine English) vomiting vb. (present participle of purge English)
WordNet
adj. serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites" [syn: purgatorial, purifying]
Usage examples of "purging".
Citadel Guard Captain Aram Helsarn, routinely supervising part of the purging, intercepted the army company withdrawing from the Ennerhald with their dead and injured and their wild tale about death-pit dogs lurking in one of the buildings.
There’d be more than just another purging of the citizenry, there’d be some rare jockeying for position at the highest level – for the ears of the Gevethen themselves – and who could say what benefits such a change could bring to lesser lights further down the chain of command?
She, in her turn, was listening for the sounds of pursuit or, worse, for the sounds of the street purging that must surely follow what she had done.
As it was, she had acquired enough forest lore to trap the occasional animal or bird, and forage roots and fruit to carry her over those times when a street purging or a curfew or some other activity that brought unusual numbers of Citadel Guards on to the streets, made venturing into the city to steal food too dangerous.
In present circumstances they could spiral out of control and lead to any conclusion – even a purging of the Guards.
The Gevethen must have ordered a full curfew as a precursor to a purging – probably a bad one, with house-by-house searching.
It needed no great powers of deduction to decide that the purging had indeed been carried into the Ennerhald.
It was almost certain that those purging the city knew two dogs had played a part in the killing of Hagen.
Their mood sobered a little as Marris went on to tell them about the purging that had been set in train as a consequence, but still they were uplifted.
But that would be too late for anyone trapped inside during the purging procedures.
Even the church is purging itself of terrible secrets and deviant acts.
Think about it—everything is purging internally… countries are fighting internal civil wars.
Major corporations are purging their ranks, finding thieves—internally.
Time was of the essence and Damali's purging process was shattering his nerves.
His family was changing, purging itself, morphing, and it frightened him—a man who'd already lost his family to this austere life of being a Guardian.