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purged

  • past participle
    of purge.
    purge
    verb (used with object)
    to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
  • past tense form
    of purge.
    purge
    verb (used with object)
    to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.

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Former prominent diplomat Liu Jianchao, who disappeared from public view in July last year, was also named among those who have been purged.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Maybe you could call it a tea party wokeness, purged of pedants and scolds.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

An economic planner and later an engineer at the State Planning Commission, Zhu was purged twice during the tumultuous early decades of the People's Republic.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

“One Night Only” feels purged of a brain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Technically, these aren’t the people who purged Ben.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera