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Definition of Purges
1. purge [v] - See also: purge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purges
Literary usage of Purges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lenin's Legacy: The Story of the Cpsu by Robert G. Wesson (1978)
"THE GREAT purges By 1934 the Soviet Union was emerging from its time of most
traumatic economic and ... The purges were not without antecedents, however. ..."
2. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"Give very mild purges and diuretics, observing to keep the body gently open. ...
Gentle purges aml mild diuretics will greatly aid towards a cure, ..."
3. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"down sin and the body of death, chaff and corruption, and thoroughly purges the
floor, (the heart of man,) and burns up the chaff with unquenchable fire. ..."
4. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... and three times round, With blessed olive branch and sprinkling dew, purges
the people with ablution cold, In lustral rite; oft chanting, "Hail! ..."
5. Lucius Q. C. Lamar: His Life, Times, and Speeches. 1825-1893 by Edward Mayes (1896)
"... Canvass of 1874—The " Landslide "—Critical Era in the South —Course of Events
in Louisiana—De Trobriand purges the Legislature—Gen. ..."
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