purge
verb
uk/pɜːdʒ/us/pɝːdʒ/purgeverb(REMOVE PEOPLE)
[T]
to getridofpeoplefrom anorganizationbecause you do notagreewith them:
清除,肃清(反对者)Partyleadershaveundertakento purge thepartyofextremists.政党领袖已采取行动清除党内的极端分子。
Hard-liners areexpectedto be purgedfromtheadministration.主张强硬路线的人预计将从政府中清除出去。
[T]
to takenamesoff anofficiallist, sometimes in a way that is notlegal:
Because they have not been purging thelistofoldnamesandaddresses, there may be thousands ofduplicatenames.
Thenamesof thousands ofminorityvoterswere purgedfromtheelectoralrollsin therun-upto theelection.
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandonment
- banish
- be scattered to the four windsidiom
- bin
- castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
- dumping
- eradication
- erase
- erasure
- evacuate
- evacuation
- exorcism
- fling
- scrape
- shoo
- shrug
- shrugsomethingoff
- shuck
- shucksomethingoff
- sling
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Elections
purgeverb(REMOVE STH HARMFUL)
[T]
to getridof somethingunwanted,harmful, orevil:
RomanCatholicsgo toconfessionto purgetheirsouls/themselves(from/ofsin).罗马天主教徒前去忏悔以净化灵魂/涤罪。
The newstategovernorhaspromisedto purge thepoliceforceofcorruption.新州长已保证要清除警察队伍中的腐败现象。
Correcting and mending
- calibration
- clean(someone/something)up
- correction
- fiddle (around) withsomething
- fine-tune
- mess
- recondition
- reconstruct
- reconstruction
- rectification
- refine
- remedy
- revise
- revised
- set/put the record straightidiom
- smoothsomethingaway
- smoothen
- sort
- sortsomethingout
- tinker
purgeverb(GET RID OF FOOD)
[IorT]
to getridoffoodfromyourbody, forexampleinordertostopyourselfgainingweight, either by making yourselfvomitor by usinglaxatives(=substancesthat make iteasierforwastefrom thebowelsto come out):
Girls who had neverheardthetermsanorexiaorbulimiastillstarvedand purged.
People withbulimiafeeltrappedin acycleof binge-eating then purging thebodyof theunwantedfood.
Vomiting & feelings of sickness
- airsickness
- bring
- bringsomeoneup
- carsickness
- chunder
- disgorge
- keepsomethingdown
- nausea
- nauseating
- regurgitate
- retch
- sick toyourstomachidiom
- sickeningly
- sickness
- spew
- spew(something)up
- spit(something)up
- stomach flu
- travel sickness
- vomit
purge
noun[C]
uk/pɜːdʒ/us/pɝːdʒ/theactof gettingridofpeoplefrom anorganizationbecause you do notagreewith them:
清洗(从一个组织中清除持不同政见者的行动)Between 1934 and 1938, StalinmountedamassivepurgeoftheCommunistParty, thegovernmentand thearmedforcesin theSovietUnion.1934至1938年间,斯大林对苏联的共产党、政府和军队实行大清洗。
theactof takingnamesoff anofficiallist, sometimes in a way that is notlegal:
Thegroupsclaimtens of thousands ofvotersmay have beenaffectedby the purges.
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandonment
- banish
- be scattered to the four windsidiom
- bin
- castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
- dumping
- eradication
- erase
- erasure
- evacuate
- evacuation
- exorcism
- fling
- scrape
- shoo
- shrug
- shrugsomethingoff
- shuck
- shucksomethingoff
- sling