Purge (disambiguation)
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A purge is 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
Films and television
[edit]- The Purge, a media franchise developed from the film series created by James DeMonaco
- The Purge (2013 film), an American action-horror film
- The Purge: Anarchy, a 2014 American action-horror film
- The Purge: Election Year, a 2016 American action-horror film
- The First Purge, a 2018 American action-horror film
- The Purge (TV series), a 2018 TV series set in the media franchise
- The Forever Purge, a 2021 American action-horror film
- Purge (2012 film), a Finnish film based on Oksanen's novel
- Purge (comic book), a 2005 Star Wars-based comic book
- Purge (novel) (Finnish: Puhdistus), a 2008 novel by Sofi Oksanen
Music
[edit]- Purge (Bif Naked album), 2001
- Purge (Godflesh album), 2023
- Purge (EP), a 1994 EP by Econoline Crush
- "Purge" (song), a 2022 song by Willow
- "The Purge", a song by Schoolboy Q from the 2014 album Oxymoron
- "The Purge", a song by metal band In This Moment from 2023 album Godmode
Other uses
[edit]- Purge (video game), a 2003 first-person shooter
- Purge or PurgeGamers, the aliases of professional eSports player and entertainer Kevin Godec
- PURGE command of Files-11
- In patent law, in cases of patent misuse, discontinuance and elimination of anticompetitive effects of tie-in or other restrictive practices
See also
[edit]- Bleeding (disambiguation)
- Detoxification (alternative medicine)
- Colon cleansing, historical/alternative use of detoxification/purging in medicine
- Emetic
- Laxative
- Purging disorder
- Binging and purging