PURGE

Verb

1. Rid (someone or something) of an unwanted quality, condition, or feeling:"Bob had helped purge Martha of the terrible guilt that had haunted her"

2. Remove (a group of people considered undesirable) from an organization or place in an abrupt or violent way:

"he purged all but 26 of the central committee members"

synonyms: remove, get rid of, clear out, sweep out, expel, ... more

Noun

1. An abrupt or violent removal of a group of people:

"the savagery of the government's political purges"

2. A laxative: "in this plant was a milky substance which was a drastic purge