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.
To strangle or choke someone.
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.