Definition of "purges" [purges]

• Plural form of purge. (noun)

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• "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."