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purger

  • a word derived from purge.

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“Skin health, just like weight and so many purger conditions, always needs a personalized approach.”

From Salon Jan. 6, 2019

Tough, demagogic Carlo Scorza had been Fascismo's No. 1 purger.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sea, that purger of sick souls, had washed away the fever and the fret of the last few days.

From The House of the Vampire by Viereck, George Sylvester

Behold the sea, * * * splendid and strong, yet beautiful as the rose or the rainbow; full of food, nourisher of man, purger of the world, creating a sweet climate.”—Emerson.

From Where We Live A Home Geography by Jacobs, Emilie Van Beil

STRANGER: The sixth point was doubtful, and yet we at last agreed that he was a purger of souls, who cleared away notions obstructive to knowledge.

From Sophist by Plato