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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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After Clara died in 1896, her eldest daughter, Marie, purged even more, sharing only limited selections of Clara’s diaries with Clara’s biographer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

It seemed the jungle’s very essence had sought him out, a living nightmare purged from its most wretched depths.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray