Purge (disambiguation)

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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

Films and television

• 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
• "The Purge" (Motherland), a 2019 television episode

Print

• Purge (comic book), a 2005 Star Wars-based comic book
• Purge (novel) (Finnish: Puhdistus), a 2008 novel by Sofi Oksanen

Music

• 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

• Purge (video game), a 2003 first-person shooter
• 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

• Bleeding (disambiguation)
• Detoxification (alternative medicine)
  • Colon cleansing, historical/alternative use of detoxification/purging in medicine
• Emetic
• Laxative
• Purging disorder
• Binging and purging