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expurgation
noun as in catharsis
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in defecation
Strong matches
noun as in lustration
noun as in purge
noun as in purification
Example Sentences
“Censorship and expurgation whether by government or private groups may seem right in the moment, but the future rarely judges them with favor.”
This rhetoric is not simply dehumanizing — it also characterizes its subject as fit only for elimination, expurgation, exile or extermination.
During the 1990s furor, Steven Alexander, who is white and Jewish, was one of many players who wrote letters opposing any expurgation.
Thanks to Trump’s daily expurgations, I stand corrected.
Exactly who was Sam Harris protecting in this flagrant and sanctimonious act of expurgation?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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