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purga

purge

noun POOR-gah Rare

Origin: From Latin purgare (to cleanse).

Also means

laxative

Usage Note

Purga has two main registers: in political and historical contexts it refers to a purge — the violent removal of perceived enemies from a party or state (la purga stalinista); in everyday language it can mean a laxative or purgative remedy. The political sense is the more prominent in modern usage. The verb is purgare.

Examples

"La purga eliminò tutti i dissidenti dal partito."

Natural Translation

The purge eliminated all the dissidents from the party.

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