PURGED Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

purged

verb

past tense of purge

as in restored

to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially a day on which the faithful are expected to purge themselves of their sins through prayer and fasting

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Recent Examples of purged At various points during his interview with Sobchak, Dugin called the sport of surfing evil and said that its practitioners should be purged. —

Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026 Burgum purged the department of roughly 13,000 staffers last year and announced efforts to reduce its workforce by even more in April. —

Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026 According to Kornfield, among the documents purged was a news release about a man who went to the Capitol with bear spray and is still facing an ongoing child solicitation case. —

Drew Pittock, USA Today, 24 May 2026 Meanwhile, as the Pentagon purged Anthropic’s model from its computers, the National Security Agency installed it in its classified networks. —

Sam Liccardo, Washington Post, 22 May 2026 Manzo purged the municipal police and pleaded with the federal government to send troops and military-grade weapons to Uruapan. —

Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026 This is also thanks to the fact that crawfish are often purged before cooking. —

Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 8 May 2026 When accounting for positions that have been purged more than once, 52% of the PLA’s top leadership positions have been affected, the report found. —

Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 7 May 2026 On defense, the Kings have purged talent with limited or no value in return in recent years. —

Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 2 May 2026

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Veteran substitute Arnautovic appeared to have restored Austria’s lead in the 67th minute from a goalmouth scramble, but that was ruled out as Stefan Posch handled in the area.

— Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 June 2026
The restoration required four years of work, during which local artisans carefully restored the frescoes and ceilings in accordance with the most exacting traditional standards.

— Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 16 June 2026