Unscramble purgings

Definition of purging

adjective:

• serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites". Synonyms: purgatorial, purifying.

noun:

• an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements. Synonyms: purge.
• the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge. Synonyms: purgation, purge.

verb:

• oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime". Synonyms: purge. Antonyms: rehabilitate.
• clear of a charge. Synonyms: purge.
• make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified". Synonyms: purge, purify, sanctify.
• rid of impurities; "purge the water", "purge your mind". Synonyms: purge.
• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics", "purge the old gas tank". Synonyms: flush, purge, scour.
• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited", "He purged continuously", "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night". Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up. Antonyms: keep down.
• excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged". Synonyms: purge.

Related words

abreaction, catharsis, katharsis, lustrate, purgation, purification, spiritualise, spiritualize.

Words nearby

surging, urging.

Rhymes with

converging, diverging, emerging, merging, surging, urging.