"purge" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɝd͡ʒ/ [General-American], /pɜːd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-purge.ogg [US] Forms: purges [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ Etymology: From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“I make pure, I cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“I make, I do”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}} [Template:root], {{der|en|enm|purgen}} Middle English purgen, {{der|en|fro|purgier}} Old French purgier, {{der|en|la|pūrgō||I make pure, I cleanse}} Latin pūrgō (“I make pure, I cleanse”), {{m|la|pūrus||clean, pure}} pūrus (“clean, pure”), {{m|la|agō||I make, I do}} agō (“I make, I do”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} purge (plural purges)
  1. An act of purging. Translations (the act of purging): пречистване (prečistvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), zuivering [feminine] (Dutch), puhdistus (Finnish), puhdistaminen (Finnish), épuration [feminine] (French), purge [feminine] (French), Säubern [neuter] (German), Säuberung [feminine] (German), Reinigen [neuter] (German), Putzen [neuter] (German), tisztítás (Hungarian), megtisztítás (Hungarian), kitisztítás (Hungarian), 숙청 (sukcheong) [neuter] (Korean), whakawāteatanga (Maori), utrensking [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), utrenskning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), purgar (Portuguese), чи́стка (čístka) [feminine] (Russian), очи́стка (očístka) [feminine] (Russian), очище́ние (očiščénije) [neuter] (Russian), purga [feminine] (Spanish), tahliye (Turkish), tehcir (Turkish), tenkil (Turkish), siyasal nedenlerle yer degistirtme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-purge-en-noun-JmZFeECX Disambiguation of 'the act of purging': 87 5 2 1 4
  2. (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (evacuation of the bowels or of pipes): прочистване (pročistvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), очистване (očistvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), zuivering [feminine] (Dutch), reiniging [feminine] (Dutch), oksentaminen (english: vomiting) (Finnish), purgálás (Hungarian), kiürítés (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-purge-en-noun-1tk~KAga Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'evacuation of the bowels or of pipes': 3 55 34 2 6
  3. A cleansing of pipes.
    Sense id: en-purge-en-noun-oDeLb0um
  4. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity. Translations (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.): чы́стка (čýstka) [feminine] (Belarusian), чи́стка (čístka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 清洗 (qīngxǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), čistka [feminine] (Czech), udrensning [common-gender] (Danish), zuivering [feminine] (Dutch), puhdistus (Finnish), purge [feminine] (French), épuration [feminine] (French), Säuberung [feminine] (German), εκκαθάριση (ekkathárisi) [feminine] (Greek), tisztogatás (Hungarian), epurazione [feminine] (Italian), 粛清 (shukusei) (alt: しゅくせい) (Japanese), パージ (pāji) (Japanese), វិសុទ្ធកម្ម (viʼsottʰiʼkam) (Khmer), чистка (čistka) [feminine] (Macedonian), whakawātea (Maori), utrenskning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), czystka [feminine] (Polish), purga [feminine] (Portuguese), чи́стка (čístka) [feminine] (Russian), чи̏стка [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), čȉstka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), čistka [feminine] (Slovak), čistka [feminine] (Slovene), purga [feminine] (Spanish), utrensning [common-gender] (Swedish), чи́стка (čýstka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-purge-en-noun-P8X~Emyq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 4 49 30 Disambiguation of 'forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.': 1 1 1 95 1
  5. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
    Sense id: en-purge-en-noun-rbnunoRK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Great Purge

Verb

IPA: /pɝd͡ʒ/ [General-American], /pɜːd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-purge.ogg [US] Forms: purges [present, singular, third-person], purging [participle, present], purged [participle, past], purged [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ Etymology: From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“I make pure, I cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“I make, I do”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}} [Template:root], {{der|en|enm|purgen}} Middle English purgen, {{der|en|fro|purgier}} Old French purgier, {{der|en|la|pūrgō||I make pure, I cleanse}} Latin pūrgō (“I make pure, I cleanse”), {{m|la|pūrus||clean, pure}} pūrus (“clean, pure”), {{m|la|agō||I make, I do}} agō (“I make, I do”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} purge (third-person singular simple present purges, present participle purging, simple past and past participle purged)
  1. (transitive) To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities. Tags: transitive Translations (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities): пречиствам (prečistvam) (Bulgarian), zuiveren (Dutch), louteren (Dutch), reinigen (Dutch), puhastama (Estonian), puhdistaa (Finnish), éliminer (French), säubern (German), reinigen (German), läutern (German), entschlacken (German), eliminieren (German), löschen (German), spülen (German), megtisztít (Hungarian), kitisztít (Hungarian), purgare (Italian), luo (Latin), purgen (Middle English), rense (Norwegian), purgar (Portuguese), чи́стить (čístitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), очища́ть (očiščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), очи́стить (očístitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), purgar (Spanish), rensa (Swedish), tälp- (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-purge-en-verb-qR7tjNNQ Disambiguation of 'to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities': 86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
  2. (transitive, religion) To free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Religion Translations (religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds): пречиствам (prečistvam) (Bulgarian), louteren (Dutch), puhdistaa (Finnish), päästää (Finnish), läutern (German), reinwaschen (German), megtisztít (Hungarian), megszabadít (Hungarian), tisztára mos (Hungarian), könnyít (Hungarian), purgare (Italian), purgen (Middle English), rense (Norwegian), purgar (Portuguese), очища́ть (očiščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), очи́стить (očístitʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-purge-en-verb-kNkpwavs Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds': 3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3
  3. (transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-purge-en-verb-z8rxFwCC
  4. (transitive, intransitive, medicine) To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit): очиствам (očistvam) (Bulgarian), overgeven (Dutch), braken (Dutch), uitscheiden (Dutch), lahtistama (Estonian), oksentaa (Finnish), tyhjentää suolensa (defecate) (Finnish), erbrechen (German), sich übergeben (German), abführen (German), kiürít (Hungarian), folmhaigh (Irish), purgare (Italian), purgen (Middle English), (defecate) tømme tarmen (Norwegian), brekke seg [reflexive] (Norwegian), kaste opp (Norwegian), purgar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-purge-en-verb-snbHKjF9 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit': 1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6
  5. (transitive, medicine) To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (medicine: to cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner): purgál (Hungarian), (cathartic) meghajt (Hungarian), (emetic) hánytat (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-purge-en-verb-NV7f5vlK Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: to cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner': 1 1 2 2 82 1 1 2 1 1 3 2
  6. (transitive, of a person) To forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity. Tags: of a person, transitive Translations ((of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity): tisztogatást végez (Hungarian), eltávolít (Hungarian), elbocsát (Hungarian), elüldöz (Hungarian), kizár (Hungarian), száműz (Hungarian), tisztogat (Hungarian), thanh trừng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-purge-en-verb-5vCW64m2 Disambiguation of '(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity': 1 4 16 1 2 41 26 1 4 1 3 1
  7. (transitive, of an organization, by extension) To forcibly remove people from. Tags: broadly, of an organization, transitive Translations ((of an organization) to forcibly remove people from): megtisztít (Hungarian), tisztogatást végez (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-purge-en-verb-zN8nqatY Disambiguation of '(of an organization) to forcibly remove people from': 1 6 13 1 3 27 36 1 6 0 5 2
  8. (transitive, law) To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law Translations (to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation): оневинявам (onevinjavam) (Bulgarian), vapauttaa (Finnish), puhdistaa (Finnish), reinwaschen (German), tisztáz (Hungarian), felment (Hungarian), purgare (Italian), purgen (Middle English), renvaske (Norwegian), purgar (Portuguese), relevar (Spanish), exonerar (Spanish), rentvå (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-purge-en-verb-XsiqUuRY Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation': 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3
  9. (transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor). Tags: transitive Translations (to clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor)): derít (Hungarian), leszűr (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-purge-en-verb-ejKBbujK Disambiguation of 'to clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor)': 1 3 1 1 2 3 5 2 77 2 3 1
  10. (intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become pure, as by clarification): megtisztul (Hungarian), kitisztul (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-purge-en-verb-Oq4Bl90v Disambiguation of 'to become pure, as by clarification': 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 89 0 1
  11. (intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-purge-en-verb-uTTR8gwf
  12. (transitive) To trim, dress, or prune. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-purge-en-verb-egcG0hBQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: binge-and-purge, binge-purge, merge-purge

Inflected forms

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          ],
          "word": "чы́стка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "čístka",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чи́стка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qīngxǐ",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "word": "清洗"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "čistka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "udrensning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zuivering"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "word": "puhdistus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "purge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "épuration"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Säuberung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ekkathárisi",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εκκαθάριση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "word": "tisztogatás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "epurazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "alt": "しゅくせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shukusei",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "word": "粛清"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "pāji",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "word": "パージ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "viʼsottʰiʼkam",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "word": "វិសុទ្ធកម្ម"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "čistka",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чистка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "word": "whakawātea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "utrenskning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "czystka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "purga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čístka",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чи́стка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чи̏стка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "čȉstka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "čistka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "čistka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "purga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "utrensning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 95 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čýstka",
          "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чи́стка"
        }
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        }
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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    },
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  ],
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}

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "binge-and-purge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "binge-purge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      },
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        "3": "",
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        "(transitive) To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prečistvam",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "zuiveren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "louteren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "reinigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "puhastama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "puhdistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "éliminer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "säubern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "reinigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "läutern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "entschlacken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "eliminieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "löschen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "spülen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "megtisztít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "kitisztít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "purgare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "luo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "purgen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "rense"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "purgar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čístitʹ",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "чи́стить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očiščátʹ",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "очища́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očístitʹ",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "очи́стить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "purgar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "rensa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
          "word": "tälp-"
        }
      ]
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          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "en:Religion",
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            "Society",
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            "Fundamental"
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      ],
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      "id": "en-purge-en-verb-kNkpwavs",
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        [
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          "sin"
        ],
        [
          "guilt",
          "guilt"
        ],
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
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        [
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, religion) To free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
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        "religion"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prečistvam",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "пречиствам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "louteren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "puhdistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "päästää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "läutern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "reinwaschen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "megtisztít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "megszabadít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "tisztára mos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "könnyít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "purgare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "purgen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "rense"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "word": "purgar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očiščátʹ",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 55 3 2 4 5 9 3 7 1 7 3",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očístitʹ",
          "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "очи́стить"
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        "To remove by cleansing; to wash away."
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      "id": "en-purge-en-verb-z8rxFwCC",
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        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
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          "cleansing"
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          "wash away",
          "wash away"
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        "(transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit."
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        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
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          "void",
          "void"
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        [
          "evacuate",
          "evacuate"
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        [
          "bowel",
          "bowel"
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        [
          "stomach",
          "stomach"
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          "defecate",
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          "vomit"
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        "(transitive, intransitive, medicine) To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit."
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
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      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "očistvam",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "очиствам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "overgeven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "braken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "uitscheiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "lahtistama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "oksentaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "tyhjentää suolensa (defecate)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "erbrechen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "sich übergeben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "abführen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "kiürít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
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          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "folmhaigh"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "purgare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "purgen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "(defecate) tømme tarmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "tags": [
            "reflexive"
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          "word": "brekke seg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "kaste opp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 73 6 1 1 3 1 1 2 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
          "word": "purgar"
        }
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
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            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "ref": "1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred",
          "text": "\"What did they die of?” I asked.\n\"Fevers. The doctor came and bled them and purged them, but they still died.\"\n\"He bled and purged babies?\"\n\"They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they … they died anyway.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "cathartic",
          "cathartic"
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          "emetic",
          "emetic"
        ]
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        "(transitive, medicine) To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 2 2 82 1 1 2 1 1 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "medicine: to cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner",
          "word": "purgál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 2 2 82 1 1 2 1 1 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "medicine: to cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner",
          "word": "(cathartic) meghajt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 2 2 82 1 1 2 1 1 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "medicine: to cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner",
          "word": "(emetic) hánytat"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "Deng Xiaoping was purged twice during the Cultural Revolution, but managed to return to power after Mao's death.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity."
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          "forcibly",
          "forcibly"
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          "remove",
          "remove"
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          "political",
          "political"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of a person) To forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity."
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      "tags": [
        "of a person",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 16 1 2 41 26 1 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
          "word": "tisztogatást végez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 16 1 2 41 26 1 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
          "word": "eltávolít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 16 1 2 41 26 1 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
          "word": "elbocsát"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 16 1 2 41 26 1 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
          "word": "elüldöz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 16 1 2 41 26 1 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
          "word": "kizár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 16 1 2 41 26 1 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
          "word": "száműz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 16 1 2 41 26 1 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
          "word": "tisztogat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 16 1 2 41 26 1 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
          "word": "thanh trừng"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "text": "Cromwell had Colonel Pride purge Parliament of royalists who opposed Charles I's execution.",
          "type": "example"
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        "To forcibly remove people from."
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      "id": "en-purge-en-verb-zN8nqatY",
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        [
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          "remove",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of an organization, by extension) To forcibly remove people from."
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        "broadly",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 13 1 3 27 36 1 6 0 5 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(of an organization) to forcibly remove people from",
          "word": "megtisztít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 13 1 3 27 36 1 6 0 5 2",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "(of an organization) to forcibly remove people from",
          "word": "tisztogatást végez"
        }
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
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            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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      ],
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        "To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation."
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          "charge",
          "charge"
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        [
          "suspicion",
          "suspicion"
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        [
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          "imputation"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, law) To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation."
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "onevinjavam",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "оневинявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "vapauttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "puhdistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "reinwaschen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "tisztáz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "felment"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "purgare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "purgen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "renvaske"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "purgar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "relevar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "exonerar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 3 1 1 81 4 1 1 3",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
          "word": "rentvå"
        }
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        "To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor)."
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        "(transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor)."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 1 1 2 3 5 2 77 2 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor)",
          "word": "derít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 1 1 2 3 5 2 77 2 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor)",
          "word": "leszűr"
        }
      ]
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        "To become pure, as by clarification."
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        "(intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 89 0 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to become pure, as by clarification",
          "word": "megtisztul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 89 0 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to become pure, as by clarification",
          "word": "kitisztul"
        }
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        "To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic."
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        "(intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic."
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        "intransitive"
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        "To trim, dress, or prune."
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        "(transitive) To trim, dress, or prune."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/pɜːd͡ʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "the act of purging",
      "word": "tisztítás"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of purging",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of purging",
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      "sense": "the act of purging",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "숙청"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "the act of purging",
      "word": "whakawāteatanga"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "the act of purging",
      "word": "purgar"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "the act of purging",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "чи́стка"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očístka",
      "sense": "the act of purging",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "очи́стка"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "the act of purging",
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      "word": "очище́ние"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "the act of purging",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "the act of purging",
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act of purging",
      "word": "tenkil"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "the act of purging",
      "word": "siyasal nedenlerle yer degistirtme"
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      "sense": "evacuation of the bowels or of pipes",
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      "word": "прочистване"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "zuivering"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "vomiting",
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      "sense": "evacuation of the bowels or of pipes",
      "word": "oksentaminen"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "evacuation of the bowels or of pipes",
      "word": "purgálás"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "evacuation of the bowels or of pipes",
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "čýstka",
      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "чы́стка"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "čístka",
      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "qīngxǐ",
      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "word": "清洗"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "čistka"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "udrensning"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "zuivering"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "word": "puhdistus"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "épuration"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Säuberung"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εκκαθάριση"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "word": "tisztogatás"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "roman": "shukusei",
      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "word": "粛清"
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      "word": "វិសុទ្ធកម្ម"
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      "roman": "čistka",
      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "whakawātea"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "utrenskning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "czystka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "purga"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "čístka",
      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чи́стка"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чи̏стка"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "čistka"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "čistka"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "utrensning"
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        {
          "ref": "1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred",
          "text": "\"What did they die of?” I asked.\n\"Fevers. The doctor came and bled them and purged them, but they still died.\"\n\"He bled and purged babies?\"\n\"They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they … they died anyway.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "cathartic",
          "cathartic"
        ],
        [
          "emetic",
          "emetic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, medicine) To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Deng Xiaoping was purged twice during the Cultural Revolution, but managed to return to power after Mao's death.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forcibly",
          "forcibly"
        ],
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "political",
          "political"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of a person) To forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "of a person",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Cromwell had Colonel Pride purge Parliament of royalists who opposed Charles I's execution.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To forcibly remove people from."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forcibly",
          "forcibly"
        ],
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of an organization, by extension) To forcibly remove people from."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "of an organization",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
        ],
        [
          "suspicion",
          "suspicion"
        ],
        [
          "imputation",
          "imputation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, law) To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clarify",
          "clarify"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "dregs",
          "dregs"
        ],
        [
          "liquor",
          "liquor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become pure, as by clarification."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ],
        [
          "clarification",
          "clarification"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frequent",
          "frequent"
        ],
        [
          "evacuation",
          "evacuation"
        ],
        [
          "intestine",
          "intestine"
        ],
        [
          "cathartic",
          "cathartic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To trim, dress, or prune."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trim",
          "trim"
        ],
        [
          "dress",
          "dress"
        ],
        [
          "prune",
          "prune"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To trim, dress, or prune."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɝd͡ʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɜːd͡ʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-purge.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/En-us-purge.ogg/En-us-purge.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-us-purge.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prečistvam",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "пречиствам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "zuiveren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "louteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "reinigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "puhastama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "puhdistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "éliminer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "säubern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "reinigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "läutern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "entschlacken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "eliminieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "löschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "spülen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "megtisztít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "kitisztít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "purgare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "luo"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "purgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "rense"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "purgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čístitʹ",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "чи́стить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očiščátʹ",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "очища́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očístitʹ",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "очи́стить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "purgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "rensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities",
      "word": "tälp-"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prečistvam",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "пречиствам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "louteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "puhdistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "päästää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "läutern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "reinwaschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "megtisztít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "megszabadít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "tisztára mos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "könnyít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "purgare"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "purgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "rense"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "word": "purgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očiščátʹ",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "очища́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očístitʹ",
      "sense": "religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "очи́стить"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "očistvam",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "очиствам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "overgeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "braken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "uitscheiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "lahtistama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "oksentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "tyhjentää suolensa (defecate)"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "erbrechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "sich übergeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "abführen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "kiürít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "folmhaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "purgare"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "purgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "(defecate) tømme tarmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "brekke seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "kaste opp"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit",
      "word": "purgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "medicine: to cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner",
      "word": "purgál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "medicine: to cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner",
      "word": "(cathartic) meghajt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "medicine: to cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner",
      "word": "(emetic) hánytat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
      "word": "tisztogatást végez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
      "word": "eltávolít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
      "word": "elbocsát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
      "word": "elüldöz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
      "word": "kizár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
      "word": "száműz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
      "word": "tisztogat"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "(of a person) to forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity",
      "word": "thanh trừng"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(of an organization) to forcibly remove people from",
      "word": "megtisztít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(of an organization) to forcibly remove people from",
      "word": "tisztogatást végez"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "onevinjavam",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "оневинявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "vapauttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "puhdistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "reinwaschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "tisztáz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "felment"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "purgare"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "purgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "renvaske"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "purgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "relevar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "exonerar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation",
      "word": "rentvå"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor)",
      "word": "derít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor)",
      "word": "leszűr"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to become pure, as by clarification",
      "word": "megtisztul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to become pure, as by clarification",
      "word": "kitisztul"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "purge"
  ],
  "word": "purge"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.