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utrensning — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • purge verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.

Senses

utrensning is used for these senses in English:

  • lustration (politics, law) The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime.
  • purge A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.

purge — full definition

  1. verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
  2. verb To forcibly remove people, especially from a political organization.
  3. noun An act of forcibly removing people or unwanted elements.
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