PURGE
What does "PURGE" mean?
To rid something of unwanted elements, often forcibly or completely.
Meanings
- To remove unwanted people or things, often abruptly or by force. The regime purged its critics from every ministry.
- To clear or cleanse the body, a system, or the mind of something impure. Run the command to purge the cache. technical
- An act of removing people or things considered undesirable. The party leadership ordered a purge of dissidents.
Did you know?
- 'Purge' literally means 'to make pure': it comes from Latin 'purgare', built from 'purus' ('pure') and a root meaning 'to drive' - to drive a thing toward purity.
Word origin
From Latin 'purgare' ('to cleanse, purify'), from 'purus' ('pure') + '-igare' (from 'agere', 'to drive'); via Old French 'purgier' into English.
Remember it
PURGE starts like PURE and ends in the same edge as 'urge' - the urge to make pure by driving out.
A little poem
They called it cleansing, called it light;
but every list that names the saved
is just a quieter way to fight.
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Wordplay
- I told my computer to purge old files. It deleted my excuses for not starting the project too.
What it teaches
Beware anyone who promises purity by subtraction; the list of the impure never stops growing.
Quick facts
What does PURGE mean?
To rid something of unwanted elements, often forcibly or completely.
Is PURGE a valid word?
Yes — PURGE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PURGE?
PURGE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does PURGE come from?
From Latin 'purgare' ('to cleanse, purify'), from 'purus' ('pure') + '-igare' (from 'agere', 'to drive'); via Old French 'purgier' into English.
What can PURGE teach us?
Beware anyone who promises purity by subtraction; the list of the impure never stops growing.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.