| 单词 | blood purge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblood purge blood purge n. (a) a treatment which purifies the blood; also figurative. (b) the elimination through killing of a person or group of people; a targeted campaign of murder. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] > instance of slaughter1483 Sicilian Vespers1586 plot of the long knivesa1604 blood feast?1611 Parisian matins1614 Parisian massacre1657 bloodbath1814 Roman holiday1818 holocaust1833 bath of blood1882 pogrom1889 bloodfest1907 blood purge1959 1909 W. A. Goodspeed & D. D. Healy Hist. Cook County I. 720 His fame was, however, largely attributed to an herb-remedy which he prepared as a ‘blood purge’ for the sick. 1935 Mind 44 438 This blood-purge in philosophy must rest..with the logical positivists. 1959 Encounter July 78/1 The murderous days of the blood-purges. 2003 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 23 Mar. 25 The thousands of people who have lost relatives in Saddam's blood-purges have a score to settle with the officials who did the dirty work. < as lemmas |
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