Scrabble & Words with friends points
- purges is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- purges is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- purges is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12
Definition of purges
- an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements (noun)
Synonyms
- purging
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge (noun)
Synonyms
- purgation
- purging
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid (verb)
Examples
- purge the old gas tank
Synonyms
- flush
- scour
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth (verb)
Examples
- He purged continuously
Synonyms
- barf
- be sick
- cast
- cat
- chuck
- disgorge
- honk
- puke
- regorge
- regurgitate
- retch
- sick
- spew
- spue
- throw up
- upchuck
- vomit
- vomit up
- make pure or free from sin or guilt (verb)
Synonyms
- purify
- sanctify
- an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place (noun)
Examples
- he died in a purge by Stalin
- clear of a charge (verb)
- excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body) (verb)
Examples
- The doctor decided that the patient must be purged
- oust politically (verb)
Examples
- Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime
- rid of impurities (verb)
Examples
- purge the water
- purge your mind
See definition of purges in Merriam Webster