as in restored
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
a day on which the faithful are expected to purge themselves of their sins through prayer and fasting
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This bread-and-circuses flick might have purged what’s driving so many people crazy about political behavior.
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Armond White, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
Most of the generals purged were linked to the Rocket Force or military equipment, including Li and Wei, the former defense ministers.
—Steven Jiang, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
The statute of limitations for rape at the time was six years, so the evidence was purged.
—Stephanie Warsmith and Paula Schleis, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
The board had targeted more than 100 books to be purged but only about eight were eliminated.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
When Khamenei assumed power as supreme leader in 1989, most of this generation retired or was purged.
—Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
The regime’s corruption and politicization of the armed forces over the preceding quarter century have purged the military brass of any independence.
—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024
The Awami League has been purged at all levels of government and its members arrested.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Agencies that cannot be easily purged, such as the judiciary, may be politicized in other ways.
—Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
Armond White, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
Most of the generals purged were linked to the Rocket Force or military equipment, including Li and Wei, the former defense ministers.
—Steven Jiang, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
The statute of limitations for rape at the time was six years, so the evidence was purged.
—Stephanie Warsmith and Paula Schleis, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
The board had targeted more than 100 books to be purged but only about eight were eliminated.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
When Khamenei assumed power as supreme leader in 1989, most of this generation retired or was purged.
—Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
The regime’s corruption and politicization of the armed forces over the preceding quarter century have purged the military brass of any independence.
—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024
The Awami League has been purged at all levels of government and its members arrested.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Agencies that cannot be easily purged, such as the judiciary, may be politicized in other ways.
—Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
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