Purge (disambiguation)

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A purge is a cleansing or purification; in politics it means the forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.

Purge or The Purge may also refer to:

  • Purge (occupied Japan), the forcible removal of undesirable Japanese from public service during occupation of Japan
  • Great Purge, a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union which occurred from 1936 to 1940
  • The archaic term for emetic, a medicine to induce vomiting.
  • Purging disorder, an eating disorder characterised by self induced vomiting, colloquially known as "purging"
  • Genetic purging, the enhancement of selection against deleterious alleles that is prompted by inbreeding
  • Purging (gas), a fire and explosion prevention procedure to avoid the formation of an ignitable atmosphere
  • Purging (manufacturing), a cleaning process of injection molding to clean thermoplastics molding machines and extruders

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Other uses

  • Purge (video game), a 2003 first-person shooter
  • PURGE command of Files-11
  • In patent law, in cases of patent misuse, discontinuance and elimination of anticompetitive effects of tie-in or other restrictive practices

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