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How to pronounce purging

noun

Say it like: Pur-jin-g

The correct spelling is purging. The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
  2. 2.The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.
  3. 3.The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly:
  4. 4.The removal of waste from the human body, particularly:
  5. 5.Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.

verb

  1. 1.To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
  2. 2.To free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
  3. 3.To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
  4. 4.To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
  5. 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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