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"text": "He had violent pains in his belly, and purgings...",
"type": "quote"
}
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"Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives."
],
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"medicine",
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"vomiting"
],
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"vomit",
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],
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"induce",
"induce"
],
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"purgative",
"purgative"
]
],
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"(chiefly medicine) Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
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"That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc."
],
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"purge",
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"contamination",
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"(obsolete and rare) That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc."
],
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"rare",
"uncountable"
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},
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"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with rare senses"
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"Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed."
],
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"purgation",
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"act",
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"removing",
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"(obsolete and rare) Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed."
],
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"extra": "the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed",
"tags": [
"synonym",
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)dʒɪŋ"
}
],
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{
"sense": "removal of undesirables",
"word": "purge"
},
{
"sense": "removal of undesirables",
"word": "witchhunt"
},
{
"sense": "defecation",
"word": "defecation"
},
{
"sense": "vomiting",
"word": "vomiting and Thesaurus:regurgitate"
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{
"sense": "thing purged",
"word": "blood"
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"word": "sin"
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{
"word": "vomit"
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{
"word": "and Thesaurus:feces"
}
],
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}
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