purgers
Those who expel
Purgers are people or things that purge—that is, remove unwanted elements or cleanse thoroughly.
Someone who purges a political party of dissenters or an organization of corruption is a purger.
The term also applies to those who engage in purging as a symptom of eating disorders, forcibly emptying the stomach after eating.
In technical contexts, purgers may be devices or systems designed to flush out contaminants or unwanted substances.
Constipation remedies
- emeticsSubstances causing vomiting
- enemasRectal fluid injections
- catharticsAgents causing intestinal purging
- diureticsDrugs increasing urine output
purgatives · colonics · ipecac · castor oil · senna · binging · bulimia · fasters
Political objectors
- reformersAdvocates for institutional improvement
- inquisitorsThose who investigate beliefs
- witch-huntPersecution of supposed subversives
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
McCarthyism · show trials · liquidators · commissars · tribunals · revolutionaries · Robespierre · Terror
Agents that reduce germs
- disinfectantsSubstances that destroy pathogens
- detoxifiersSubstances that remove toxins
- sterilizersDevices that eliminate microorganisms
- cleansersSubstances that remove dirt
decontaminators · scrubbers · washers · purifiers · soap · detergent · bleach · antibacterial
Agents that take away
- expellersThings that force out
- ejectorsDevices that forcibly remove
- evictorsThose who legally dispossess
- extractorsDevices that remove things
deleters · eradicators · exterminators · annihilators · liquidators · banishers · destroyers · clearers
Those who deliver others
- exorcistsThose who banish demons
- sanctifiersThose who make holy
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
lustration · catharsis · expiation · penance · confession · repentance · baptism · ablution
laxatives
Constipation remedies
- emeticsSubstances causing vomiting
- enemasRectal fluid injections
- catharticsAgents causing intestinal purging
diuretics · purgatives · colonics · ipecac · castor oil · senna · binging · bulimia · fasters · detox
dissidents
Political objectors
- reformersAdvocates for institutional improvement
- inquisitorsThose who investigate beliefs
- witch-huntPersecution of supposed subversives
Stalin · McCarthyism · show trials · liquidators · commissars · tribunals · revolutionaries · Robespierre · Terror · expulsion
sanitizers
Agents that reduce germs
- disinfectantsSubstances that destroy pathogens
- detoxifiersSubstances that remove toxins
- sterilizersDevices that eliminate microorganisms
cleansers · decontaminators · scrubbers · washers · purifiers · soap · detergent · bleach · antibacterial · sanitizer
removers
Agents that take away
- expellersThings that force out
- ejectorsDevices that forcibly remove
- evictorsThose who legally dispossess
extractors · deleters · eradicators · exterminators · annihilators · liquidators · banishers · destroyers · clearers · disposers
redeemers
Those who deliver others
- exorcistsThose who banish demons
- sanctifiersThose who make holy
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
atonement · lustration · catharsis · expiation · penance · confession · repentance · baptism · ablution · ritual
- disordered eatersanorexics, bulimics, binge eaters
- destroyersdestroyers, guided missile, torpedo tubes, hull, stern
purgerspreservers
Things that maintain condition
retainers · keepers · conservers · maintainers · hoarders
purgersaccumulators
Things that gather over time
collectors · gatherers · amassers · hoarders · stockpilers
purgersprotectors
Those who guard others
shelters · defenders · harbors · welcomers · rehabilitators
- The PurgeSystematic removal of many
- political purgesForced removal of opponents
- voter purgesMass removal from registries
- closet purgeRemoving unwanted clothing items
- party purgesMass expulsion of members
- Stalin's purgesSoviet mass political repression