0 to get rid of people from an organization because you do not agree with them: --
Party leaders have undertaken to purge the party of extremists.
Hard-liners are expected to be purged from the administration.
Because they have not been purging the list of old names and addresses, there may be thousands of duplicate names.
The names of thousands of minority voters were purged from the electoral rolls in the run-up to the election.
2 to get rid of food from your body, for example in order to stop yourself gaining weight, either by making yourself vomit or by using laxatives (= substances that make it easier for waste from the bowels to come out): --
3 the act of getting rid of people from an organization because you do not agree with them: --
4 to rid a group or organization of unwanted people: --
They purged the senior ranks of the department by offering them generous retirement packages.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.