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The correct spelling is purge.
How to pronounce purge
/pɜːdʒ/
nounIPA: /pɜːdʒ/
Say it like: Pur-je
The correct spelling is purge. An act of purging. For example: "Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible."
Usage Examples
“Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An act of purging.
- 2.An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
- 3.A cleansing of pipes.
- 4.A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
- 5.That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
verb
- 1.To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
- 2.To free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
- 3.To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
- 4.To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
- 5.To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
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