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    purge
    /pəːdʒ/

    verb

    • 1. rid (someone or something) of an unwanted quality, condition, or feeling: "Bob had helped purge Martha of the terrible guilt that had haunted her"
    • 2. remove (a group of people considered undesirable) from an organization or place in an abrupt or violent way: "he purged all but 26 of the central committee members" Similar removeget rid ofclear outsweep out

    noun

    • 1. an abrupt or violent removal of a group of people: "many of us live in fear of a purge"
    • 2. a laxative: dated "in this plant was a milky substance which was a drastic purge"

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