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purge
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purge
To eliminate or delete.
purge
1. Politics the elimination of opponents or dissidents from a state, political party, etc.
2. Med a purgative drug or agent; cathartic
purge [pərj]
(computer science)
To remove data from computer storage so that space occupied by the data can be reused.
purge
To evacuate air or gas from a duct line, pipeline, container, space, or furnace; e.g., to blow out gas from a refrigerant-containing vessel.
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Clinton herself appears to be backing the idea as a way of officially recording the nearly 18 million primary votes she won and, she says, to let the party purge itself of any lingering anti-Obama discontent.
Hillary Clinton unwitting star of new McCain ad by AFP / AFP American Edition
Clinton herself appears to be backing the idea as a way of officially recording the nearly 18 million primary votes she won and, she says, to let the party purge itself of any lingering anti-Obama discontent.
Hillary Clinton unwitting star of new McCain ad by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Tanenhaus alludes to the Party purges of 1937-38, which led to the liquidation of 2 million Soviet Communists who were on the wrong side of the ideological debate and caused Chambers to believe that he himself was in danger.
Whittaker Chambers: A Biography by Giglio, James N. / Presidential Studies Quarterly
 
 
 
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