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
Jews were purged from the Soviet Foreign Ministry in 1939, when the Soviet Union signed a pact with Nazi Germany, and antisemitic show trials followed not long after Germany’s defeat.
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Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Many of China’s top military officials have been purged during Xi’s third term on charges of corruption or disloyalty.
—Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
By January 24, PEDP’s website went live with two tools that had already been purged.
—Marlowe Starling, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
In June, Kennedy purged all 17 highly qualified and thoroughly vetted members of the committee, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on setting vaccine policy.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Many coup backers are simply demoted or purged from the government without facing trial or execution.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Guy will not see the Verdun purged of unexploded ordnance in his lifetime.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Many of China’s top military officials have been purged during Xi’s third term on charges of corruption or disloyalty.
—Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
By January 24, PEDP’s website went live with two tools that had already been purged.
—Marlowe Starling, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
In June, Kennedy purged all 17 highly qualified and thoroughly vetted members of the committee, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on setting vaccine policy.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Many coup backers are simply demoted or purged from the government without facing trial or execution.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Guy will not see the Verdun purged of unexploded ordnance in his lifetime.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purged
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In 1993, the 20th-century monument was purchased and restored by the Bernats, the family of Spanish confectioner Enric Bernat, who invented and founded Chupa Chups lollipops.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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Those employees have to stop working until funding is restored.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With straight-forward fits and washes, Burberry and Gucci cleansed the palette for bolder and brasher Spring/Summer 2026 designs by labels like Harri, Natasha Zinko and Yaku.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Sep. 2025
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Certainly, the urban vanguard of the revolution have not so much cleansed the country’s politics as expanded it.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Less pure sand can be purified by methods such as acid washing or magnetic separation.—
Aki Ishida,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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This innovation purified the Ohio River water so well that the number of deaths from typhoid fever declined by 60% in 1909.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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But even as the scars on my chest healed, my heart remembered the pain and fear.—
Lisa Greissinger,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Giants announced that Eldridge will undergo surgery to remove a bone spur from his wrist and should be healed within eight weeks.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Purged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purged. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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