n. 25B6; verb
he purged them of their doubt : CLEANSE, clear, purify, wash, shrive, absolve; rare lustrate.
lawbreakers were purged from the army : REMOVE, get rid of, expel, eject, exclude, dismiss, sack, oust, eradicate, clear out, weed out.
25B6; noun the purge of dissidents : REMOVAL, expulsion, ejection, exclusion, eviction, dismissal, sacking, ousting, eradication.