Removing or getting rid of unwanted things, people, or materials completely; cleansing.
From Old French 'purger,' from Latin 'purgare' (to cleanse), combining 'purus' (pure) and 'agere' (to do), originally literal purification in religious contexts.
The word haunts history—'purges' often meant political executions (Stalin's purges), so the innocent-sounding word became code for genocide, showing how euphemism can hide atrocity.
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