transcription, транскрипция: [ pɜ:(r)dʒ ]
( purges, purging, purged)
1.
To purge an organization of its unacceptable members means to remove them from it. You can also talk about purging people from an organization.
The leadership voted to purge the party of ‘hostile and anti-party elements’...
He recently purged the armed forces, sending hundreds of officers into retirement...
They have purged thousands from the upper levels of the civil service.
VERB : V n of n , V n , V n from n
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Purge is also a noun.
The army have called for a more thorough purge of people associated with the late President...
N-COUNT : oft N of n
2.
If you purge something of undesirable things, you get rid of them.
He closed his eyes and lay still, trying to purge his mind of anxiety...
= rid
VERB : V n of n , also V n