purge

1. (transitive) To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse.transitive

2. (transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.transitive

3. (transitive) To free from sin, guilt, or burden.Examples: "Purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake."; "We'll join our cares to purge away / Our country’s crimes."transitive

4. (transitive, intransitive, medicine) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.intransitivetransitive

5. (transitive, medicine) To cause someone to purge; to operate (on somebody) using a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.Examples: ""What did they die of?” I asked. / "Fevers. The doctor came and bled them and purged them, but they still died." / "He bled and purged babies?" / "They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they … they died anyway.""transitive

6. (transitive) To forcibly remove, for example, from political activity.Examples: "Deng Xiaoping was purged twice during the Cultural Revolution, but managed to return to power after Mao's death."transitive