Meaning of the word purge in English

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purge

US /pɝːdʒ/
UK /pɝːdʒ/

Verb

1.

to get rid of people from an organization because you do not agree with them:

Example:
Party leaders have undertaken to purge the party of extremists.

Noun

1.

the act of getting rid of people from an organization because you do not agree with them:

Example:
Between 1934 and 1938, Stalin mounted a massive purge of the Communist Party, the government and the armed forces in the Soviet Union.
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