PURGE

I. verb (~d; purging) see: act Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to clear of guilt, to free from moral or ceremonial defilement, 2. to cause evacuation from (as the bowels), b. to make free of something unwanted , to free (as a boiler) of sediment or relieve (as a steam pipe) of trapped air by bleeding, c. to rid (as a nation or party) by a ~, to get rid of , intransitive verb to become ~d, to have or produce frequent evacuations, to cause purgation, ~r noun II. noun Date: 1563 something that ~s, 2. an act or instance of purging, the removal of elements or members regarded as undesirable and especially as treacherous or disloyal