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The process of removing residual solvent from a cannabis concentrate.
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Purging (Wikipedia)
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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
Purging (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English purgynge; equivalent to purge + -ing.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒɪŋ
Verb
purging
- present participle and gerund of purge
Noun
purging (countable and uncountable, plural purgings)
- The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly:
- (chiefly politics) A removal of undesirable people.
- (chiefly chemistry) The cleansing of a device by
Cleansing, flushing, clearing, evacuating, expelling