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How to pronounce purging in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms purge
Type of cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
Has types abreaction, catharsis, katharsis, purgation
Derivation purge
Type Words
Synonyms purgatorial, purifying
Type Words
Synonyms purgation, purge
Type of clearing
Has types purification
Derivation purge

Examples of purging

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Lawyers from the Bar Association strike, demanding the purging of the judiciary.
From the economist.com
If finding all that stuff is a chore, chances are it's time to do some purging.
From the foxbusiness.com
The stock market, is purging the excesses built up during the long bull market.
From the businessweek.com
We'll need to spend a couple more evenings sorting, laughing and, yes, purging.
From the newsobserver.com
Recessions always have a way of purging price pressures from the economic system.
From the dailyherald.com
But the study also provided evidence that purging disorder is a distinct illness.
From the sciencedaily.com
The regular purging indicates that far more ice is melting than previous thought.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Pictured above are the ones who did the complete opposite of binging and purging.
From the hecklerspray.com
It wasn't technically a purging, since we only dumped one strip and one panel.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
  • Oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
  • An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
  • Clear of a charge
  • An abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin"
  • Purify: make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
  • In history and political science, a purge is the removal of people who are considered undesirable by those in power from a government, from another organization, or from society as a whole. ...
  • Purge is the fourth album by singer/songwriter Bif Naked, released in 2001. (see 2001 in music).
  • Purge is a comic book one-shot released on 28 December 2005 by Dark Horse Comics. The story was written by John Ostrander, and the art was done by Doug Wheatley. The events depicted take place in the Star Wars galaxy approximately one month after the events in ''''