Purge (disambiguation)
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Purge is the forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc. Purge or The Purge may also refer to:
- Purge (During Occupation of Japan), forcible removal of undesirable Japanese from public service during occupation of Japan
- Great Purge, campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union which occurred from 1936 to 1940
- genetic purging, the enhancement of selection against deleterious alleles that is prompted by inbreeding
Film
- Purge (2008 film), a film directed by Brad Kammlah
- Purge (2012 film), a Finnish film based on Oksanen's novel
- The Purge (2013), an American action-horror film
- The Purge: Anarchy (2014), an American action-horror film
- The Purge: Election Year (2016), an American action-horror film
Other
- Purge (video game), a first-person shooter
- Purge (album), an album by Bif Naked
- Purge (EP), an EP by Econoline Crush
- PURGE command of Files-11
- Induced vomiting, particularly in the context of eating disorders.
- Purge (comic book), a Star Wars-based comic book
- Purge (novel) (2008), by Sofi Oksanen
- Purge (Marvel Comics), a fictional mutant in the Marvel Comics universe
See also
- Bleeding (disambiguation)
- Detoxification (alternative medicine)
- Colon cleansing, historical/alternative use of detoxification/purging in medicine
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