purged

verb

past tense of purge
as in restored
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially a day on which the faithful are expected to purge themselves of their sins through prayer and fasting

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Recent Examples of purged Black and female military officers have been purged or denied promotion. — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 Immigration courts are backed up and judges have been purged. — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 The roster of the previous Miami regime has largely been purged, but some players remain who were teammates with Tagovailoa. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026 And with the Dolphins on the front end of a rebuild, having purged key names such as Tua Tagoailoa and Tyreek Hill in favor of rookies as well as veterans on one-year deals, his words certainly hit home. — Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 Even when Putin purged Russia’s defense ministry for corruption, including much of Shoigu’s own personal network, Putin transferred Shoigu to a weighty role in the Security Council rather than disempower him. — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026 For many, that pales in comparison to the 60 Minutes bloodbath in June that saw correspondents Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega purged, joined by executive producer Tanya Simon and others. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026 Between 2022 and 2024, 21 million voters were purged from the rolls, often for partisan gain dressed as housekeeping. — Ellen Kurz, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026 Early in his tenure Kim Jong-Un removed or purged numerous senior officials. — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purged
  1. restored
  2. cleansed
  3. purified
  4. healed
  5. sanctified
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  • Relief and rescue efforts are continuing, with almost all communication towers restored and nearly 12,000 people rescued through international and domestic aid.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The arbitrator restored the last two years of Sprewell’s contract and reduced his suspension by five months.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of restored
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  • A lot happened while Rohan and I were on vacation, but the one thing still on my mind — freshly cleansed by Hudson Valley air — is Kevin Warsh’s speech in Jackson Hole.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • What lies before us is not a world cleansed of fraud, but a world in which the speed of both deception and defense keeps rising, so that the responsibility shared between institutions and individuals grows more important.
    — Dennis-Kenji Kipker, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of cleansed
Verb
  • But what if the water and nutrients could be purified from whey permeate and used for other purposes?
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Once hydrogen is flowing from the ground, how will the gas be purified?
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of purified
Verb
  • As the foot injury healed, Estévez encountered another obstacle.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The book centers on his belief that personal transformation can happen even before someone feels completely healed.
    — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of healed
Verb
  • Guns became sacred, and violence was increasingly justified, if not sanctified.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The church has always preached that humans are created in God’s image; by assuming the messy fragility of human form, God’s son sanctified human experience.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of sanctified

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“Purged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purged. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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