- PURGE
- Remove from office, soviet-style
- Remove, Soviet-style
- Get rid of
- Prove cathartic
- Eliminate, as undesirables
- Stalinesque sweep
- Political housecleaning
- Political ouster
- Cleanse thoroughly
- Free of guilt
- Military coup
- Free (from)
- Purify
- Cleanse, politically
- Remove undesirable elements from
- Rid (of)
- Cleanse
- Clean completely
- Remove completely
- Free
- Wipe out
- Clear of guilt.
- Clear oneself of guilt.
- Free from a charge, in law.
- Dictator's action
- Large-scale shake-up
- Clear of charges
- Political shake-up
- Dictator's action against dissidents
- Cleanse of impurities
- Get rid of, Stalin style
- Cleanse totally
- Clear
- Empty
- Rid
- Completely remove
- Rid of impurities
- Housecleaning of a sort
- Clear of a charge
- Cleanse, as of impurities
- Large-scale dismissal
- Political clean-up
- Clean house
- Catharsis
- Clear of impurities
- Political housecleaning, e.g.
- Clean out a closet, say
- Get rid of, Soviet-style
- Oust, Soviet-style
- Remove, Stalin-style
- Remove
- Expulsion
- Weed out
- Large-scale ouster
- Large-scale expulsion
