purging
pur jing
- n an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
- n the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
- v oust politically
- v clear of a charge
- v make pure or free from sin or guilt
- v rid of impurities
- v rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- v eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- v excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
- a serving to purge or rid of sin
- In 1972, the Clean Water Act, which called for "swimmable, fishable waters," prompted a Potomac purging.
- The purging of bare-boob pics began last summer and has swept up, alongside any girls gone wild, a growing number of proud and very ticked-off breast feeders.
- It was founded by Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician who was horrified by such standard therapies of his day as bloodletting, purging and blistering.