OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7269

purge

/pɜːd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
purga • purgación • purgamiento
An act or instance of purging.
purga
A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
One of the few surviving Bolsheviks with real power, Mikoyan had been brought to Moscow by Stalin in 1926, had escaped innumerable purges, and had demonstrated an uncanny ability t…
Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were irreversible.
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📚 verb • entry_id 7268

purge

/pɜːd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
purgar
To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse.
After the process, the machine purges the chamber before venting it to remove toxic gases.