Purging
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
Purge
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An act of purgingAn evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.A cleansing of pipes.A forcible removal of people from political activity.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impuritiesto free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeedsto void the bowels; to vomit.to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
Example sentence: Arlen Specter left the GOP because it is a lot easier to win in Pennsylvania as a Democrat than as a Republican. It is that simple. For folks on the Right to brush this off as some sort of 'good purge' is extremely naive.