To cause someone hardship by cutting all supplies off.
To drain someone of blood entirely.
To take money from someone until they have none.
To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
To free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds.
To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
To forcibly remove people from.
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
To trim, dress, or prune.
To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
To forcibly remove, e.g., from political activity.
To become pure, as by clarification.
To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
A cleansing of pipes.
An act of purging.
A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.