purge
/pəːdʒ/
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American sound/pəːdʒ/
purge
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Myanmar meaning
(v.t) ဆေးကြောသည်။စင်ကြယ်စေသည်။သန့်ရှင်းစေသည်။ချွတ်သည်။ဓာတ်-ဝမ်း-နှုတ်သည်။
Full entry
purge /pɜ:dʒ/ v
၁။ ~ oneself/ sb/ sth (of sth); ~ sth from sth (ဆိုးညစ်သည် ဟူသမျှကို) နုတ်ပယ်သည်။ သုတ်သင်သည်။ သန့်စင်ပစ်သည်။ She wanted to purge these unhappy memories from her mind/ purge her mind of these unhappy memories.
၂။ ~ sth (of sb); ~ sb (from sth) (အထူးသဖြင့် နိုင်ငံရေးပါတီမှ မလိုလားသူတို့ကို) သန့်စင်သည်။ purge the party of extremists/ purge extremists from the party ❍ Officers who were not loyal to the king were purged.
n ထုတ်ပယ်ခြင်း။ သန့်စင်ခြင်း။ a purge of disloyal members ❍ political purges that followed the change of government.
More examples
- [purge something of someone] : An effort to purge the council of corrupt officials
- [purge someone from something] : Purging large numbers of workers from unprofitable businesses
- [purge someone of something] : He was purged of all his fears and fell asleep at once.
- [purge something from something] : They were unable to purge the mistakes from the computer system.
Synonyms
wash out, cleanse, clean, flush out, sluice, abolish, abolition, absolve, abstersion, atone for, catharsis, cathartic, clarification, clarify, clean up, cleaning, cleanup, clear, coup, crushing, depurate, disabuse, dismiss, disposal, dispose of, disposition, do away with, eject, ejection, eliminate, elimination, emetic, eradicate, eradication, erase, evacuation, excrete, excretion, excuse, exonerate, expel, expiate, expulsion, expunge, expurgation, exterminate, extermination, extirpation, forgive, get rid of, housecleaning, kill, laxative, liquidate, liquidation, murder, oust, pardon, prevent, purgative, purification, purify, reign of terror, removal, remove, ridding, rout out, shake out, shakeup, shrive, suppression, sweep out, unload, wash, wipe off map, wipe out, witch hunt
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