Also means
laxative
Usage Note
Purga has two main registers: in political and historical contexts it refers to a purge — the violent removal of perceived enemies from a party or state (la purga stalinista); in everyday language it can mean a laxative or purgative remedy. The political sense is the more prominent in modern usage. The verb is purgare.
Examples
"La purga eliminò tutti i dissidenti dal partito."
Natural Translation
The purge eliminated all the dissidents from the party.

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