purge (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 29
def excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
examples The doctor decided that the patient must be purged
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
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Cause evacuate, void, empty
Hypernym treat, care for
Derivationally related form purge → purgative; purge → purgation
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Derivationally related form purgative → purge; purgation → purge
Hyponym treat, care for

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