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Purges
- noun -
- an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin"
- an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
- clear of a charge
- excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
- make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
- oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
- rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
Purify
- verb - become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"
- make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
Purine
- noun - a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances
- any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
Purism
- noun - scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language); "linguistic purisms"
Purist
- noun - someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
Purity
- noun - a woman's virtue or chastity
- being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
- the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
Purled
- verb - edge or border with gold or silver embroidery
- embroider with gold or silver thread
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- knit with a purl stitch
- make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling"
Purler
- unknown - a headlong r spectacular fall; (slang Australian) something outstanding in its class
Purlin
- unknown - One of several horizontal timbers supporting the rafters of a roof.
Purloo
- noun - thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S.