purgings
Systematic removal acts
Purgings are acts of removing or eliminating unwanted elements.
The word applies to physical cleansing—the purgings of toxins from the body—and to political or organizational removals: Stalin's purgings of perceived enemies.
The term carries connotations of thoroughness, often with violent or forceful undertones.
Forced permanent removal
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- voidingNullifying or emptying
- excretionRemoval of metabolic waste
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
discharge · ejection · emptying · flushing · cleansing · enema · laxative · catharsis
Forced permanent removal
- removalAct of taking away
- oustingForcible removal from position
- banishmentForced removal from place
- exileBanishment from homeland
deportation · elimination · eradication · cleansing · persecution · dissidents · Stalinist · McCarthyism
Removal of contaminants
- cleansingRemoving dirt or toxins
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- exorcismRitual to expel demons
sanctification · absolution · lustration · ceremonial · spiritual · confession · repentance · fasting
expulsion
Forced permanent removal
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- voidingNullifying or emptying
- excretionRemoval of metabolic waste
elimination · discharge · ejection · emptying · flushing · cleansing · enema · laxative · catharsis · vomiting
expulsion
Forced permanent removal
- removalAct of taking away
- oustingForcible removal from position
- banishmentForced removal from place
exile · deportation · elimination · eradication · cleansing · persecution · dissidents · Stalinist · McCarthyism · witch-hunt
purification
Removal of contaminants
- cleansingRemoving dirt or toxins
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
exorcism · sanctification · absolution · lustration · ceremonial · spiritual · confession · repentance · fasting · penance
deletion
Removal of content
erasing · culling · cleanup · archiving · uninstalling · deactivation · scrubbing · cache · logs · files
purgingsaccumulations
Gathered quantities over time
collections · gatherings · stockpiling · hoarding · buildups
purgingscontaminations
Introductions of impurities
pollutions · corruptions · adulterations · infections · defilements
purgingsadmissions
Acts of letting in
recruitments · inductions · incorporations · inclusions · absorptions