purging
having a clearing, emptying, or purifying effect:Her fears of death have passed like a cloud, absorbed in the purging sunlight of clear poetry.
having to do with deliberate or induced vomiting or evacuation of the bowels: Many physical conditions result from the purging aspect of bulimia, including electrolyte imbalances, gastrointestinal problems, and dental issues.These purging drugs have an excellent safety record.
the action of clearing, emptying, or purifying:It may require a lot of focused work involving the purging of old habits and harsh self-judgment.The drugs have been used clinically in the purging of T-cells or tumor cells from bone marrow before transplantation.
the act of removing or expelling people who are considered disloyal or otherwise unwanted from an organization, political party, nation, etc.: The judge has granted a temporary injunction stopping the purging of voter registration rolls.The rebels’ key negotiating point was the purging of the armed forces as a first condition.
deliberate or induced vomiting or evacuation of the bowels: Binge eating can also occur on its own without the purging that occurs with bulimia.The medication affects the salivary glands, tear ducts, intestines, and bowels, and can cause violent purging.
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How to use purging in a sentence
SB 1 contains some language that will revive this purging effort, although with an important safeguard that wasn’t in place during Whitley’s failed 2019 purge.
Texas’s voting bill inspired Democrats to flee. Here’s what made it into law. | Ian Millhiser | September 2, 2021 | Vox“This wholesale purging left tens of thousands in financial ruin, without jobs, with personal lives destroyed, and, in many cases, completely estranged from their own families,” the paper states.
U.S. Senate to consider apology for past anti-LGBTQ discrimination | Lou Chibbaro Jr. | June 17, 2021 | Washington BladeElsewhere there was talk of a “woke purge” and of management succumbing to a “mob.”
New York Times bails on intent-neutral standard when discussing epithets | Erik Wemple | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostOn Election Day in 2018, along with voting purges and rejected absentee ballots, long lines and malfunctioning machines were common.
Binge eating and purging does the same for someone with bulimia.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models | Carrie Arnold | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
There was something profoundly purging about finally grappling with it by putting it into words.
Al-Zarqawi believed in the importance of purging apostates – something his follower clearly endorses.
Not surprisingly, this pattern of paranoia-and-purging often comes at times of social instability.
Will Saudi Arabia Execute Guest Workers for 'Witchcraft'? | Michael Schulson | March 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo was it simply the reports of the purging of the uncle which persuaded them to change their minds?
Dennis Rodman’s Sponsor for North Korea Trips Decides Working With a Homicidal Tyrant Was a Bad Idea | Tom Sykes | January 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe extreme relaxation of the bowels from the sudden change, frequently produces excessive purging.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenThese three cleansed that language into literature, by purging 94 it of the old Gallic chaos and clumsiness of form.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2) | Benjamin Ellis MartinWhen either of the first two causes has given rise to purging, a moderate allowance of good hay will gradually stop it.
A Treatise on Sheep: | Ambrose BlacklockMany plans have been resorted to, but none are found to suit so well as that of bleeding and purging.
A Treatise on Sheep: | Ambrose BlacklockViolent purging soon terminates the disease, death being generally preceded by the evacuation of a quantity of blackish matter.
A Treatise on Sheep: | Ambrose Blacklock
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