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Verbi

1. (transitive) To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse.
2. (transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
3. (transitive) To free from sin, guilt or burden.
4. (transitive, intransitive, medicine) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
5. (transitive, medicine) To cause someone to purge; to operate (on somebody) using a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
6. (transitive) To forcibly remove, for example, from political activity.
7. (transitive) To forcibly remove people by an organization.
8. (transitive, law) To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
9. (transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
10. (intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification.
11. (intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
12. (transitive) To trim, dress or prune.

Substantiivi

1. An act or instance of purging.
2. (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting.
3. Something which or someone who purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
4. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
5. An act or instance of the cleansing of pipes.
6. A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".