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Use "purges" in a sentence
"While the Republican cause seemed hopeful, and continuing even when it was hopeless, the leftists were ruthlessly engaging in purges against one another."
"Under his direction the state pillaged its citizens, dispossessing them of land, factories, homes, and personal wealth, murdering them by the millions in purges designed to crush potential resistance."
"Husbandman "purges" -- sanctifies -- that they may bring forth the more abundant fruit by which He Himself shall be glorified."