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purge

2 noun
     
purge2 [countable]
1 an action to remove your opponents or the people who disagree with you from an organization or place:
the Stalinist purges
purge of/on
a purge of military commanders
a purge on tax dodgers
2 a substance used to make you empty your bowels
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