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noun
The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing
A removal of undesirable people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing
The cleansing of a device by flushing it with water, steam, or some other liquid or gas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
The removal of waste from the human body
The removal of excess humors through bloodletting, induced vomiting, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: premodern medicine
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noun
The removal of waste from the human body
The removal of digested waste: defecation; defecation induced by laxatives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
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Synonyms: purgation
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noun
The process in which acne temporarily worsened due to the introduction of skincare products that increase cell turnover, bringing underlying acne to the surface more quickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences
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verb
present participle and gerund of purge
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective
serving to purge or rid of sin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: purgatorial, purifying
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noun
an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: purge
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Broader terms: cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
Narrower terms: catharsis, katharsis, abreaction, purgation
noun
the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: purge, purgation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clearing
Narrower terms: purification
History
From Middle English purgynge; equivalent to purge + -ing.
