purge
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(verb) cause to excrete or evacuate, as of the bowels |
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(noun) an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other other undesired elements |
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Synonyms: purgation, purging |
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Related Words: abreaction, catharsis, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, colonic, colonic irrigation, high colonic, katharsis |
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(noun) the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge |
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Synonyms: purgation, purging |
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Related Words: clearing, purification |
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(verb) rid of impurities; "purge your mind" |
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Related Words: distill, make pure, purify, sublimate |
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(verb) clear of a charge |
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Related Words: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate |
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(verb) oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime" |
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Related Words: harass, oppress, persecute |
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Antonyms: rehabilitate |
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