purge

Noun

• an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place
  • he died in a purge by Stalin
    

• an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

• the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge

Verb

• excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
  • The doctor decided that the patient must be purged
    

• 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
    

• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
  • flush the wound with antibiotics
    
  • purge the old gas tank
    

• rid of impurities
  • purge the water
    
  • purge your mind
    

• make pure or free from sin or guilt
  • he left the monastery purified
    

• clear of a charge

• oust politically
  • Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  purging , purgation , vomit , vomit up , cast , sick , cat , be sick , disgorge , regorge , retch , puke , barf , spew , flush , scour , purify , sanctify