purge
/pɜɹd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse; to clear of (something unwanted).
Transitive verb
verb
To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "After the process, the machine purges the chamber before venting it to remove toxic gases."
- "Purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake."
- "We'll join our cares to purge away / Our country’s crimes."
- ""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.""
- "Deng Xiaoping was purged twice during the Cultural Revolution, but managed to return to power after Mao's death."
- "Cromwell had Colonel Pride purge Parliament of royalists who opposed Charles I's execution."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɜɹd͡ʒ/
- British English: /pɜːd͡ʒ/