to purge
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6.3
- verb
- /pɜrdʒ/
- The company decided to purge all outdated files from its database to improve efficiency.
- purge the country
- purge the language
- purge the sample
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Watch on YouTubeWe don't have enough gas oxygen on board to purge our entire system.
- We don't have enough gas oxygen on board to purge our entire system.
- But it's all stuff and stuff is hard enough to purge.
- So personal life, the main thing I learned is how to purge.
- And it's just, it's so hard even in the food industry to to work, you know, to purge our thinking of it.
- And if your ranking is so under a certain amount, there is a good chance you'll get purged.
- But overall, OnePlus has worked for years to purge their OS of unnecessary fluff in the form of things like lock animations.
- And they say if, if you're going to purge, then you're purging all this like negative energy or, or things from the past or whatever, you're purging all that.
- I will also go through periods of purging and I try to do it leading into the winter.
Examples
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Younger ponds are better suited to growing out the fish and purging them of off-flavors.
Academic text (2003) -
Next time, if he wins, he's pledged to purge Pennsylvania's election rolls, forcing everyone in the state to have to re register to vote.
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You are going to purge this world of a great evil.
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So you could just purge the whole section.
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Guess we'll just purge the system.
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So the better way is to purge them all from the membership.
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We can purge this language and somehow purge our bad thoughts and feelings.
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We can take that energy, that rage and the sadness and purge it in all kinds of different ways.
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The merger really did purge the deadwood and result in more money for success-driven editors like Alice.
Academic text (2002) -
The library had been purged; untainted knowledge was flowing into the newly made emptiness.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
∞
1.5
To move something or someone away from a place
∞
3.0
To free someone from something harmful or unwanted
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1.6
To remove or throw away something you do not want
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2.2
Remove all traces of something from memory or history
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4.2
Destroy something so nothing is left
210
1.0
To empty something completely
194
3.1
Remove all things from a place so it becomes empty
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2.7
To clean something by running water through it
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4.8
Make a person or place free from unwanted feelings such as guilt
84
6.6
Remove something harmful completely, for example a disease or pest
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6.9
To destroy something completely, often on purpose
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4.5
Force unwanted people or things out of a place, often using water
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4.6
To remove dirt and bad chemicals from water or air to make them clean
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6.1
Make a thought or feeling go away so it stops bothering you
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3.8
To remove unwanted things from water, air, or lists by letting the rest pass
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3.8
To remove unwanted people or things from a group
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1.8
To take things away from a place to make it tidy
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3.0
Remove things from a surface to make it empty or clean
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8.8
To remove all signs of something like a record or memory so it cannot be found
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3.7
To clean a surface, wound, or tool with chemicals to kill germs
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3.6
Remove people completely from a place or group because they are unwanted
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4.0
To remove unwanted people or things to make a group work better
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7.0
To remove harmful substances from a place or thing to make it safe
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4.8
To clean something by rubbing it hard with a rough cloth or brush
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5.4
To remove harmful substances from something to make it safe
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5.0
To force someone to leave a place usually because they cause trouble
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4.3
Remove waste or harmful substances from the body
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9.9
To destroy something completely, including its root
To destroy or carry something away completely, for example by water
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.4
A serious eating problem where people eat large amounts then make themselves throw up or fast to avoid weight gain
How Thorough
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6.3
84
6.6
188
5.0
194
3.1
∞
1.5
∞
1.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word purge comes from Latin purgare, which means 'to make clean', and purus, which means 'clean', the same root as pure, so to purge something is to clean it out and remove what you do not want.