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 The Chinese Communist Party purged another top official Tuesday, as Xi Jinping intensifies his anti-corruption drive. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 14 July 2026 In April, the music streaming service Deezer reported that 44% of all new music on its platform was AI-generated, while Spotify purged some 75 million spam tracks from its platform in September. — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 Trial diversity faltered after the administration purged all references to DEI from the websites of its agencies and in much of its research. — Helen Branswell, STAT, 6 July 2026 Doctors, following accepted practice, would likely have bled or purged an ill person for humoral balance. — Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 Among those purged or forced to retire have been a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the chief of naval operations and the head of the Defense Health Agency. — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 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 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

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The judge did not, however, order that Comans be restored to her position or the agency, according to the outlet.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2026
The museum had pitched a $20 million to $25 million project that would have restored the existing two-story structure and added a connecting Black History Center focused on regional history.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026

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The Beneš Decrees that ethnically cleansed tens of thousands of Hungarians from southern Slovakia after the war are still affecting contemporary Slovak-Hungarian relations today.

— Brett R. Chloupek, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
Once your makeup is removed and your face is cleansed, add a hydrating cream like the All About Eyes Lightweight Eye Cream, then use the De-Puffing Eye Roller in the morning to awaken and brighten your eyes for the day.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

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And here, the researchers simply purified the translation machinery and supplied it to the SpudCells.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
The amount may be infinitesimal—white sugar and bottled water are sometimes purified with charred animal bones, for instance—but some hypersensitive alpha-gal patients avoid the risk anyway.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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Gus also displayed a number of injuries, including fractured and healed bones in several ribs and gastralia, as well as bite marks to several skull bones.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 14 July 2026
The training kept his arm strong throughout his rehab with a plan that varied his throwing in a walking boot, after the bone had healed.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026

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Like much of the first half of the episode, before the plane crash, this gala sequence is shot in silky gold colors, as if John and Carolyn had already been sanctified.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
That was until Pope Leo inadvertently sanctified them in 2026.

— Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026

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