purge

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɜːd͡ʒ/
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• General-American: /pɜɹd͡ʒ/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER1 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“to make pure, to cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“to make, to do”).

160 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пречистване (prečistvane) — the act of purging
• Danish: rensning — the act of purging
• Dutch: zuivering — the act of purging
• Finnish: puhdistus — the act of purging
• Finnish: puhdistaminen — the act of purging
• French: épuration — the act of purging
• French: purge — the act of purging
• German: Säubern — the act of purging
• German: Säuberung — the act of purging
• German: Reinigen — the act of purging
• German: Putzen — the act of purging
• Hungarian: tisztítás — the act of purging
• Hungarian: megtisztítás — the act of purging
• Hungarian: kitisztítás — the act of purging
• Korean: 숙청 (sukcheong) — the act of purging
• Māori: whakawāteatanga — the act of purging
• Norwegian Bokmål: utrensking — the act of purging
• Norwegian Bokmål: utrenskning — the act of purging
• Portuguese: purgar — the act of purging
• Russian: чи́стка (čístka) — the act of purging
• Russian: очи́стка (očístka) — the act of purging
• Russian: очище́ние (očiščénije) — the act of purging
• Spanish: purga — the act of purging
• Spanish: purgamiento — the act of purging
• Spanish: purgación — the act of purging
• Turkish: tahliye — the act of purging
• Turkish: tehcir — the act of purging
• Turkish: tenkil — the act of purging
• Turkish: siyasal nedenlerle yer degistirtme — the act of purging
• Bulgarian: прочистване (pročistvane) — evacuation of the bowels or of pipes
• Bulgarian: очистване (očistvane) — evacuation of the bowels or of pipes
• Dutch: zuivering — evacuation of the bowels or of pipes
• Dutch: reiniging — evacuation of the bowels or of pipes
• Finnish: oksentaminen — evacuation of the bowels or of pipes
• Hungarian: purgálás — evacuation of the bowels or of pipes
• Hungarian: kiürítés — evacuation of the bowels or of pipes
• Belarusian: чы́стка (čýstka) — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Bulgarian: чи́стка (čístka) — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 清洗 (qīngxǐ) — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Czech: čistka — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Danish: udrensning — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Dutch: zuivering — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Finnish: puhdistus — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• French: purge — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• French: épuration — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• German: Säuberung — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Greek: εκκαθάριση (ekkathárisi) — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Hungarian: tisztogatás — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Italian: epurazione — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Japanese: 粛清 (shukusei) — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Japanese: パージ (pāji) — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Khmer: វិសុទ្ធកម្ម (viʼsotthiʼkam) — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Macedonian: чистка (čistka) — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Māori: whakawātea — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: utrenskning — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Polish: czystka — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Portuguese: purga — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Russian: чи́стка (čístka) — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏стка — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: čȉstka — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Slovak: čistka — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Slovene: čistka — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Spanish: purga — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Swedish: utrensning — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Ukrainian: чи́стка (čýstka) — forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
• Bulgarian: пречиствам (prečistvam) — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Danish: rense — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Dutch: zuiveren — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Dutch: louteren — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Dutch: reinigen — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Estonian: puhastama — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Finnish: puhdistaa — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• French: éliminer — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• German: säubern — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• German: reinigen — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• German: läutern — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• German: entschlacken — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• German: eliminieren — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• German: löschen — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• German: spülen — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Hungarian: megtisztít — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Hungarian: kitisztít — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Italian: purgare — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Latin: luo — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Middle English: purgen — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Norwegian: rense — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Portuguese: purgar — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Russian: чи́стить (čístitʹ) — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Russian: очища́ть (očiščátʹ) — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Russian: очи́стить (očístitʹ) — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Spanish: purgar — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Spanish: porgar — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Swedish: rensa — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Tocharian B: tälp- — to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
• Bulgarian: пречиствам (prečistvam) — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Portuguese: purgar — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Dutch: louteren — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Finnish: puhdistaa — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Finnish: päästää — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• German: läutern — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• German: reinwaschen — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Hungarian: megtisztít — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Hungarian: megszabadít — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Hungarian: tisztára mos — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Hungarian: könnyít — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Italian: purgare — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Middle English: purgen — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Norwegian: rense — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Russian: очища́ть (očiščátʹ) — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Russian: очи́стить (očístitʹ) — religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
• Bulgarian: очиствам (očistvam) — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Dutch: overgeven — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Dutch: braken — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Dutch: uitscheiden — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Estonian: lahtistama — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Finnish: oksentaa — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Finnish: tyhjentää suolensa (defecate) — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• German: erbrechen — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• German: sich übergeben — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• German: abführen — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Hungarian: kiürít — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Irish: folmhaigh — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Italian: purgare — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Middle English: purgen — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Norwegian: (defecate) tømme tarmen — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Norwegian: brekke seg — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Norwegian: kaste opp — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Portuguese: purgar — medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
• Hungarian: purgál — medicine: to cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner
• Hungarian: (cathartic) meghajt — medicine: to cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner
• Hungarian: (emetic) hánytat — medicine: to cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner
• Finnish: puhdistaa — (of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity
• Hungarian: tisztogatást végez — (of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity
• Hungarian: eltávolít — (of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity
• Hungarian: elbocsát — (of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity
• Hungarian: elüldöz — (of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity
• Hungarian: kizár — (of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity
• Hungarian: száműz — (of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity
• Hungarian: tisztogat — (of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity
• Vietnamese: thanh trừng — (of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity
• Finnish: puhdistaa — (of an organization) to forcibly remove people from
• Hungarian: megtisztít — (of an organization) to forcibly remove people from
• Hungarian: tisztogatást végez — (of an organization) to forcibly remove people from
• Russian: чистка (čístka) — (of an organization) to forcibly remove people from
• Bulgarian: оневинявам (onevinjavam) — to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
• Danish: rense — to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
• Finnish: vapauttaa — to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
• Finnish: puhdistaa — to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
• German: reinwaschen — to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
• Hungarian: tisztáz — to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
• Hungarian: felment — to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
• Italian: purgare — to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
• Middle English: purgen — to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
• Norwegian: renvaske — to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
• Portuguese: purgar — to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
• Swedish: rentvå — to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
• Hungarian: derít — to clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor)
• Hungarian: leszűr — to clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor)
• Hungarian: megtisztul — to become pure, as by clarification
• Hungarian: kitisztul — to become pure, as by clarification