I. verb
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Employees leaving the government were encouraged to purge their computer files.
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In the North, Sung systematically purged those whom he considered a threat.
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Many radicals were purged from the party in the early seventies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because I need to purge myself of the past more than anything.
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He had whipped his Machine into line, shelved the old competitors, purged the incorrigibles.
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It was as if Lucie's pride had been purged away by standing in that vat of swirling morning mist.
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Lately, with each round of corporate purging and bingeing, Marco has been feeling his time draw close.
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Modernism may well have been purged from public view, but to the determined specialist it was still covertly available.
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Mr van der Luyden looked about the room with what would have been self-satisfaction on features less purged of the vulgar passions.
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Under Americanism the country was to be purged of foreign political elements.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Stalin's purges of the 1930s
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There was a purge of the military commanders who had supported the coup.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even if that in turn led to a purge , the president would emerge stronger.
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In the collective unconscious, perhaps everyone wanted a change, a purge .
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Nor, it seems, might the purge cease there.
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Other purges, other forced confessions and other suicides followed.
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The consequences of these purges was that the government was now more harsh than ever.
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The state government has begun a new purge , with plans to cut demand by imposing a surcharge.
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They would be content to see another purge of the suspects, such as myself.