Phrase Hound found 5 phrases and 11 compound words that contain purge. The most common are listed below. Open purge in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 5
- Great PurgeA campaign of extensive political purge and repression from 1936 to 1938, led by Joseph Stalin and executed by the NKVD to purge his political opponents.
- binge-and-purgeThe cycle of binge eating and self-induced vomiting or use of laxatives characteristic of bulimia nervosa.
- ethnic purgeSynonym of ethnic cleansing: The mass expulsion or killing of people belonging to one ethnic group by those of another.
- binge-purgeSynonym of binge-and-purge: The cycle of binge eating and self-induced vomiting or use of laxatives characteristic of bulimia nervosa.
- merge-purgeTo combine two lists of data, removing any duplicate entries.
Compound words 11
- purgingpresent participle and gerund of purge
- purgationThe process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
- purgeableCapable of being purged.
- purgeabilityCapability of being purged.
- purgeeThe victim of a purge.
- repurgeTo purge or cleanse again.
- purgestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of purge
- purgeththird-person singular simple present indicative of purge: To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse; to clear of (something unwanted).
- counterpurgeA purge (forcible removal of people) in reaction or opposition to another purge.
- purgeriesplural of purgery: A part of a sugarhouse where molasses is drained from sugar.