Synonyms for purge
pɜrdʒpurge

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. purge

   Synonyms:
   cleanse, clear, clarify, purify

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1. purge, purging, purgationnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   catharsis, purification, katharsis, purging, purgation

   Antonyms:
   rehabilitate

2. purge, purgingnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   purging, purgation

   Antonyms:
   rehabilitate

3. purgeverb

   an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place

   "he died in a purge by Stalin"

   Synonyms:
   purging, purgation

   Antonyms:
   rehabilitate

4. purgeverb

   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, regorge

   Antonyms:
   rehabilitate

5. purgeverb

   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, regorge

   Antonyms:
   rehabilitate

6. purify, 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, regorge

   Antonyms:
   rehabilitate

7. purgeverb

   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, regorge

   Antonyms:
   rehabilitate

8. flush, 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, purify

   Antonyms:
   rehabilitate

9. vomit, 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, shed

   Antonyms:
   rehabilitate

10. purgeverb

    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, regorge

    Antonyms:
    rehabilitate

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Cleaning
   • Clear
   • Clearing
   • Eliminate
   • Persecute
   • Purify
   • Treat

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. purgeverb

   Synonyms:
   cleanse, clear, purify, clarify, free from impurity

2. purgenoun

   Synonyms:
   PURGATIVE

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. purgenoun

   Synonyms:
   physic, purgative, cathartic

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "purge":

   debug, debugging, bleed, bleeder, cleansing, purging, depuration, bleeding, purification, debugs, lustration, purged, scrubbing, clean-up, s.s., cleanse, flush

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1. Nathan Gonzales:

   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.

2. Emma Sinclair-Webb:

   It is an unvarnished move for an arbitrary, mass and permanent purge of the civil service, prosecutors and judges, and to close down private institutions and associations without evidence, justification or due process.

3. Jacqueline Robinson:

   They're essentially the marine equivalent of an island species, the vaquitas' naturally low abundance has allowed them to gradually purge highly deleterious recessive gene variants that might negatively affect their health under inbreeding.

4. Richard Spencer:

   There is a great purge going on and they are purging people on the basis of their views.

5. Dianne Feinstein:

   The purge of senior leadership at the Department of Homeland Security is unprecedented and a threat to our national security.