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 (film series), a film series created by James DeMonaco
  • 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.

Print

• 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