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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