[pəːdʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- rid (someone or something) of an unwanted quality, condition, or feeling
(e.g: Bob had helped purge Martha of the terrible guilt that had haunted her)

- remove (a group of people considered undesirable) from an organization or place in an abrupt or violent way
(e.g: he purged all but 26 of the central committee members)

- physically remove or expel (something) completely
(e.g: a substance designed to purge impurities from the body)

- atone for or wipe out (contempt of court)
(e.g: he has a right to apply to the court to purge his contempt)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the legal sense ‘clear oneself of a charge’): from Old French purgier, from Latin purgare ‘purify’, from purus ‘pure’

[pəːdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an abrupt or violent removal of a group of people
(e.g: many of us live in fear of a purge)

- a laxative
(e.g: in this plant was a milky substance which was a drastic purge)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the legal sense ‘clear oneself of a charge’): from Old French purgier, from Latin purgare ‘purify’, from purus ‘pure’