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— English words —

• purge n. An act of purging.
• purge n. (Medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
• purge n. A cleansing of pipes.
• purge n. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
• purge n. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
• purge v. (Transitive) To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
• purge v. (Transitive, religion) To free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds.
• purge v. (Transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
• purge v. (Transitive, intransitive, medicine) To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
• purge v. (Transitive, medicine) To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic…
• purge v. (Transitive, of a person) To forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity.
• purge v. (Transitive, of an organization, by extension) To forcibly remove people from.
• purge v. (Transitive, law) To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
• purge v. (Transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
• purge v. (Intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification.
• purge v. (Intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
• purge v. (Transitive) To trim, dress, or prune.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • purge v. Alternative form of purgen.
• Norman
  • purge n. (Jersey) purgative.

— English words, defined in French —

• purge n. Purge.
• purge v. Purifier, affiner.
• purge v. Purger, éliminer.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• purge s. Purga.
• purge v. Purgar.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• purge s. Expurgo.

— In French —

• purge n.f. Action de se purger ; purgatif.
• purge n.f. (Par extension) (Sens figuré) Élément indésirable, complexe, lourd.
• purge n.f. (Droit) Action de purger.
• purge n.f. (Botanique) Épurge.
• purge n.f. (Politique) Campagne d’épuration d’une population sur critère…
• purge n.f. (Mécanique) Élimination d’un fluide indésirable dans un…
• purge n.f. (Sport) Match, course ou épreuve ennuyeux, avec peu d’actions…
• purge n.f. (Exploitation forestière) Élimination, avant vente, d’une…
• purge v. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de purger.
• purge v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de purger.
• purge v. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de purger.
• purge v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de purger.
• purge v. Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de purger.
• purgé v. Participe passé masculin singulier de purger.

87 English words from 19 English definitions

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22 English words from 20 foreign definitions

Action actions avant Campagne course dans Droit Exploitation extension masculin Match Par passé Politique population Première Purga Purge purger Purifier Sens Sport

42 foreign words from 20 foreign definitions

affiner avec Botanique complexe critère Deuxième Deuxième␣personne Élément Élimination éliminer ennuyeux épreuve épuration Épurge Expurgo figuré fluide forestière impératif indésirable indicatif lourd Mécanique Par␣extension Participe Participe␣passé personne peu Première␣personne présent présent␣du␣subjonctif Purgar purgatif Sens␣figuré se␣purger singulier subjonctif sur Troisième Troisième␣personne une vente

13 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

purged purgee purgen purger purges purgees purgers purgery purgest purgeth purgeable purgeries purgeability

22 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

spurged spurges expurged expurges repurged repurges spur␣gear Spurgeon unpurged spur␣gears spurgewort sun␣spurges merge-purged merge-purges spurge␣olive spurgeworts unpurgeable caper␣spurges green␣spurges leafy␣spurges spurge-laurel gopher␣spurges

14 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

spurge expurge repurge sun␣spurge binge-purge merge-purge caper␣spurge green␣spurge leafy␣spurge petty␣spurge gopher␣spurge nettlespurge binge-and-purge Japanese␣spurge

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

pur PUR urge

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

EGR GRU RUP

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Grupe repug

25 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

e-group gear␣up grew␣up groupe Grupes gulper Pegrum Peguer Perugu Prague progue pugger pugree purged purgee purgen purger purges replug repugn spurge super␣G Super␣G upgear upgrew

20 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

geru grep grue Guer. Pegu Peru preg Pre-U Prue puer Puer pu'er Pu'er pure regu reup re-up Ruge Rupe urge

13 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Burge gurge parge pudge puree purée purga Purgi purle purre purse Purse surge

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

pure urge

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

purgee

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