Examples:
The baby was born drunk and his tiny body shook with tremors as the alcohol was purged from his system.
I've purged the demons from my evil, twisted skeptical mind.
Purge the old gas tank.
The human life reached spiritual development, completely purged of all the delusion.
Aloes may have purged the poison.
Mappings:
VerbNet: cheat-10.6,wipe_manner-10.4.1
FrameNet: Emptying,Removing
PropBank: purge.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 4, 5
Commentary:
NOTE: substances purged from the body may be omitted
Examples:
We also found that women who purged reported more negative consequences of alcohol.
So I came home, cried, tried to purge (it never works), and drank more dandelion tea.
She binged and purged from three to 10 times per week.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Removing
PropBank: purge.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6, 7
Examples:
Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime.
The right-wing faction of the KMT, led by Chiang Kai-shek, purged the Communists from a KMT-CCP alliance.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: purge.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1