purge

to remove people who are considered to be bad or dangerous from a group, organization, etc.

limpiar de elementos perjudiciales

• purge somebody/something of something

Collocations purge the army of spies · purge a political party of corrupt members

• The government is trying to purge the police force of corrupt officers.

  El gobierno está tratando de limpiar la fuerza policial de oficiales corruptos.

to remove something bad or unwanted from a place, situation, etc.

purificar, limpiar

• purge something of something

Collocations purge the system of corruption · purge a company of bad practices

• The new president promised to purge the country of corruption.

  El nuevo presidente prometió purificar el país de la corrupción.

to officially remove or cancel something, such as a right or privilege.

revocar, anular

• purge somebody/something of something

Collocations purge someone's voting rights · purge a person from membership

• The court has the power to purge a person's right to vote.

  El tribunal tiene el poder de revocar el derecho al voto de una persona.

to kill or punish a large number of people who are considered to be bad, dangerous, or disloyal.

exterminar, castigar

• purge somebody/something

Collocations purge political opponents · purge a city of rebels

• The regime purged its enemies with extreme violence.

  El régimen exterminó a sus enemigos con extrema violencia.

a period of time when many people are killed or punished because they are considered to be bad, dangerous, or disloyal.

purge histórico

• a purge