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purge noun. M16.
[from PURGE verb or Old & mod. French, formed as next.]
A thing that purges; spec. a purgative. M16.
The action or an act of purging someone or something; esp. the removal from an organization, party, etc., of people regarded as undesirable. M16.
PRIDE'S PURGE.
H. Arendt Almost all higher officials owe their positions to purges that removed their predecessors.
b. Removal of one liquid by flushing with another; an instance of this. M20.