purge in WordNet English dictionary

1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
   vomit  vomit up  purge  cast  sick  cat  be sick  disgorge  regorge  retch  puke  barf  spew  spue  chuck  upchuck  honk  regurgitate  throw up 
   
2. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
   "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
   flush  scour  purge 
   
3. excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
   "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
   purge 
   
4. rid of impurities
   "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
   purge 
   
5. make pure or free from sin or guilt
   "he left the monastery purified"
   purify  purge  sanctify 
   
6. clear of a charge
   purge 
   
7. oust politically
   "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
   purge 
   

1. the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
   purge  purging  purgation 
   
2. an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
   purge  purging 
   
3. an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place
   "he died in a purge by Stalin"
   purge