purge
15
7.8
- noun
- /pɜrdʒ/
:
purga
- Certainly the memory of the Holocaust, autocracy, and political purge must remain vivid.
- political purges
- purge of officers
- purges of leadership
There was a gay purge as well as many, if not more people were purged from the government just for if they were suspected of being gay.
- There was a gay purge as well as many, if not more people were purged from the government just for if they were suspected of being gay.
- I guess this is part it was kicked off by kind of the third purge that you've done, because this is not the first time that you've explored this.
- No Well you know what he did a purge.
- And then if that's successful, then guess what they did in the purge too?
- See The thing is this throw the illegals purge has been done here before in America recently and the results were disastrous.
Examples
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Many non-Nazi political rivals met their deaths in the purge as well.
Academic text (2018) -
Now, the States of Florida has announced that it's officially begun its purge of all things CRT.
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Why would the government make a purge legal?
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Ideology was not considered in the purge of senior faculty, as no conservatives had ever been hired.
Academic text (2003) -
Two years later, koltsov was arrested in a purge in Moscow and sentenced to death.
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In what the Turkish newspaper Sabah called the "great purge," Turkey's political dinosaurs resigned.
Academic text (2004) -
Debts grew, Soviet-style purges were common, detention without trial was introduced, and corruption was endemic.
Academic text (2001) -
The sacking of Mottaki continues a relentless purge begun during Ahmadinejad's first term in office.
Academic text (2011) -
The Know-Nothing Party, having failed to restrict naturalization, resorted instead to political purges and deportations.
Academic text (1990) -
The recent purge of government officials shocked many citizens in the country.
Synonyms
97
3.4
Taking someone out of an official job because they did something wrong
49
3.3
To remove someone from their job against their will
39
6.1
A forced removal of a person from a place or group
36
6.8
The act of getting rid of someone or something unwanted
19
7.4
Removing someone from a place like a home by force or law
15
5.6
The act of killing a rival to gain an advantage
14
4.0
The act of forcing someone to leave a place or group
13
3.7
The act of removing someone from their job
4
4.9
Removing unwanted people or practices to improve an organization
2
8.8
Killing people for political or criminal reasons
1
8.4
Removing someone from a position of power
1
7.0
To remove someone from a job or role, often by force
1
4.4
Losing a job because you are fired
1
8.2
The act of removing a ruler or leader from power
Removing someone from a position of power
A process of removing people who served a previous government from public jobs
The official act of removing someone from a job or position
Compounds
- Specialized
A serious eating problem where people eat large amounts then make themselves throw up or fast to avoid weight gain
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word purge comes from Latin purgare, which means 'to make clean', and purus, 'clean', and it is used for sudden removals in politics because people thought of 'cleaning out' a government or group by removing certain people.