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Synonyms for purge
pɜrdʒpurge
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Princeton's WordNet
purge, purging, purgationnoun
the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
Synonyms:
catharsis, purification, katharsis, purging, purgationAntonyms:
rehabilitatepurge, purgingnoun
an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
Antonyms:
rehabilitatepurgeverb
an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place
"he died in a purge by Stalin"
Antonyms:
rehabilitatepurgeverb
oust politically
"Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
Synonyms:
cat, puke, purify, sanctify, chuck, sick, spue, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, scour, upchuck, spew, barf, throw up, be sick, retch, honk, flush, regorgeAntonyms:
rehabilitatepurgeverb
clear of a charge
Synonyms:
cat, puke, purify, sanctify, chuck, sick, spue, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, scour, upchuck, spew, barf, throw up, be sick, retch, honk, flush, regorgeAntonyms:
rehabilitatepurify, purge, sanctifyverb
make pure or free from sin or guilt
"he left the monastery purified"
Synonyms:
cat, puke, make pure, purify, sanctify, chuck, sick, hallow, spue, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, distill, scour, consecrate, upchuck, spew, barf, throw up, be sick, retch, sublimate, bless, honk, flush, regorgeAntonyms:
rehabilitatepurgeverb
rid of impurities
"purge the water"; "purge your mind"
Synonyms:
cat, puke, purify, sanctify, chuck, sick, spue, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, scour, upchuck, spew, barf, throw up, be sick, retch, honk, flush, regorgeAntonyms:
rehabilitateflush, scour, purgeverb
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
"flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
Synonyms:
redden, sluice, puke, regorge, honk, sanctify, crimson, vomit up, scour, even out, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, blush, spue, upchuck, abrade, sick, barf, throw up, spew, scrub, be sick, chuck, retch, cat, even, level, flush, purifyAntonyms:
rehabilitatevomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw upverb
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
"After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
Synonyms:
vomit, eruct, vagabond, gag, throw off, scour, range, frame, ramble, ptyalise, put, cat, claxon, ditch, honk, spill, barf, wander, hurtle, sick, stray, rove, swan, roll, cronk, spew out, chuck, toot, puke, throw, cast, ptyalize, redact, spue, beep, be sick, spit, regorge, blare, purify, vomit up, mould, mold, cast off, shake off, upchuck, disgorge, toss, throw away, heave, tramp, sanctify, contrive, drop, draw, flush, spew, hurl, regurgitate, throw up, drift, reproduce, couch, project, retch, pat, roam, shedAntonyms:
rehabilitatepurgeverb
excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
"The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
Synonyms:
cat, puke, purify, sanctify, chuck, sick, spue, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, scour, upchuck, spew, barf, throw up, be sick, retch, honk, flush, regorgeAntonyms:
rehabilitate
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #270 | even | |
| #288 | project | |
| #364 | level | |
| #605 | range | |
| #679 | put | |
| #907 | clear | |
| #1760 | cat | |
| #1784 | frame | |
| #2158 | drop | |
| #2394 | cast | |
| #2595 | roll | |
| #3350 | draw | |
| #4358 | sick | |
| #4404 | throw | |
| #4535 | pat | |
| #6365 | debug | |
| #6367 | chuck | |
| #8245 | shed | |
| #8988 | mold | |
| #9330 | flush | |
| #9474 | bleeding | |
| #9495 | bless | |
| #9893 | reproduce | |
| #10047 | clarify | |
| #10368 | swan | |
| #10651 | couch | |
| #11216 | debugging | |
| #11777 | spill | |
| #11779 | drift | |
| #11996 | purification | |
| #12429 | gag | |
| #12536 | crimson | |
| #14151 | cleansing | |
| #14874 | toss | |
| #15831 | ditch | |
| #15888 | scrub | |
| #17186 | spit | |
| #17234 | rove | |
| #17542 | wander | |
| #17577 | bleed | |
| #18651 | stray | |
| #19173 | blush | |
| #20940 | mould | |
| #21629 | beep | |
| #21908 | purge | |
| #23960 | cleanse | |
| #25040 | tramp | |
| #25519 | roam | |
| #30664 | vomit | |
| #36357 | purify | |
| #38443 | puke | |
| #38590 | ramble | |
| #39493 | vagabond | |
| #42697 | scrubbing | |
| #43149 | purged | |
| #44163 | scour | |
| #44190 | purging | |
| #49599 | spew | |
| #49775 | toot | |
| #49901 | hurl | |
| #53287 | honk | |
| #53507 | heave | |
| #54814 | barf | |
| #68560 | catharsis | |
| #70462 | sanctify | |
| #71750 | sluice | |
| #72424 | redden | |
| #76601 | distill | |
| #82104 | hallow | |
| #87901 | bleeder | |
| #92642 | consecrate | |
| #103482 | contrive | |
| #106803 | cronk | |
| #116093 | regurgitate | |
| #150121 | blare | |
| #154506 | disgorge | |
| #155372 | hurtle | |
| #172282 | debugs | |
| #175654 | retch | |
| #189727 | sublimate | |
| #207516 | redact | |
| #224903 | abrade | |
| #234056 | upchuck | |
| #237860 | purgation | |
| #256087 | depuration |
How to use purge in a sentence?
The purge of senior leadership at the Department of Homeland Security is unprecedented and a threat to our national security.
Democrats took 2016 for granted and didn't believe he could be elected president, but after four years of Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Democratic donors are determined to make sure that he doesn't get a second term, and they are trying to purge Senate Republicans as possible.
Doctors purge the body, ministers the conscience, lawyers the purse.
Doctors purge the body,ministers the conscience,lawyers the purse.
This is a step toward the restructuring and purge needed to have a clean police force, unassociated in any way with organized crime.
Translations for purge
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- تطهيرArabic
- чысткаBelarusian
- чисткаBulgarian
- čistkaCzech
- Säuberung, reinwaschen, säubern, läutern, entschlacken, Putzen, ReinigenGerman
- καθαρτικόGreek
- purgar, exonerar, purga, relevarSpanish
- puhastama, lahtistamaEstonian
- oksentaminen, päästää, oksentaa, puhdistaa, vapauttaa, puhdistaminen, puhdistusFinnish
- épuration, éliminer, purgeFrench
- epurazione, purgareItalian
- לְטַהֵרHebrew
- パージ, 粛清Japanese
- чисткаMacedonian
- zuiveringDutch
- utrenskning, tømme tarmen, renvaske, kaste opp, brekke seg, renseNorwegian
- czystkaPolish
- purgar, purgaPortuguese
- очи́стить, чи́стить, очищение, очистка, очища́ть, чисткаRussian
- čȉstka, чи̏сткаSerbo-Croatian
- čistkaSlovak
- čistkaSlovene
- utrensningSwedish
- ล้างThai
- tenkil, siyasal nedenlerle yer degistirtme, tahliye, tehcirTurkish
- чисткаUkrainian
- thanh lọcVietnamese
- 清除Chinese
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