'purge' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe an intentional, often extensive, removal of something, such as thoughts, feelings, people, or objects. For example: Our family decided to clean out the garage, so we did a purge of all unnecessary items.
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According to western and Hungarian diplomats in Budapest, Orbán is planning to purge the diplomatic service, culling up to three-quarters of Hungary's ambassadors.
The bill, setting out precise details of the legal purge, will be guided through parliament by the Ministry of Justice.
This continuing process cannot be described as anything other than a purge.
To dodge the purge, many now avoid displays of conspicuous consumption, even if they got rich the legal way and even if to them golf is merely a means to network with the powerful.
The move represented a turning point for a movement which began by demanding that universities purge their financial holdings of ties to the fossil fuel industry.
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So is nearly an entire page on what "US persons information" JIEDDO retained beyond a 90-day regulatory limit to establish relevance or purge.
Since 2011 the Responsible Sourcing Network's coalition of brands and retailers pledging to purge their supply chains of Uzbek cotton has made big gains.
After a purge of senior staff in 2013, yes campaign chief Blair Jenkins and the SNP, which dominated the pro-independence campaign's strategy and messaging, sacked the last two executives hired in 2012 as part of Jenkins's "vastly experienced" team.
Before drinking the water, however, residents were told to purge their systems, which requires running the taps for 15 to 20 minutes.
