purge

/pɜːdʒ//pɝdʒ/

noun

1
An act of purging.
2
An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
3
A cleansing of pipes.
4
A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
“Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.”
5
That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

1
To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
2
To free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
3
To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
4
To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
5
To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
6
To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
7
To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
8
To become pure, as by clarification.
9
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
10
To trim, dress or prune.

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