purge2 noun [countableC] 1 an action to remove your opponents or the people who disagree with you from an organization or a place 清洗行动,整肃 the Stalinist purges 斯大林进行的清洗
purge of/on a purge of military commanders 清洗军事指挥官的行动
a purge on tax dodgers 对逃税者的整肃
2. a substance used to make you empty your bowels 泻药