purging

About 0.88 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of purge
2. noun The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly: A removal of undesirable people. The cleansing of a device by flushing it with water, steam, or some other liquid or gas.
3. noun A removal of undesirable people.
4. noun The cleansing of a device by flushing it with water, steam, or some other liquid or gas.
5. noun The removal of waste from the human body, particularly: The removal of excess humors through bloodletting, induced vomiting, etc. The removal of digested waste: defecation; defecation induced by laxatives.
6. noun The removal of excess humors through bloodletting, induced vomiting, etc.
7. noun The removal of digested waste: defecation; defecation induced by laxatives.
8. noun Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.

Similar words

purifying purgation purgatorial clearing cleanup dropping cleaning clean-up serving venting

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