Purge | Mean of purge in English Dictionary

/ˈpɚʤ/

• Verb
• to remove people from an area, country, organization, etc., often in a violent and sudden way
1. purge a country of an ethnic group = purge an ethnic group from a country
2. High-ranking officials were purged from the company following the merger.
• to cause something to leave the body
1. medicines that purge the body of toxins = medicines that purge toxins from the body
• to free yourself of something (such as a bad feeling or memory)
1. He purged himself of his old fears. [=he got rid of his old fears; he overcame his old fears]
• Noun

• the often violent and sudden removal of people from an area, country, organization, etc.
1. Stalin's purges
2. brutal postwar purges
3. a corporate purge