Purging
[pɝdʒ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purge
(a.) That purges; cleansing.
(n.) The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.
Checker: Reginald
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. (Med.) Diarrhœa, relax, flux.
Edited by Karl
Examples
- They are purging more than the epsom salts in this epoch. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And so, by the dog of Egypt, we have been unconsciously purging the State, which not long ago we termed luxurious. Plato. The Republic.
- Here it reports the purging of more of thy famous Russians. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You read glowing articles in magazines about preachers who devote their time to housing reforms, milk supplies, the purging of the civil service. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Wallace