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 Translation for 'to purge sth' from English to Icelandic
tölvufr.
farga e-u
to purge sth.
Partial Matches
fergja e-ð (með e-u)to weight down sth. (with sth.) [hold it down]
bera e-ð á/í e-ðto apply sth. to/on sth. [put on]
hlaða e-ð með e-u to charge sth. with sth. [to load firearm, battery]
taka e-ð fyrir e-ðto charge sth. for sth. [set a price]
rukka e-ð fyrir e-ðto charge sth. for sth. [demand a price]
þrífa e-ð úr e-uto snatch sth. from / out of sth.
unverified svipta e-u ofan af e-uto sweep sth. off sth. [take away]
þrykkja e-ð á e-ðto print sth. on sth. [especially graphics]
fylla e-ð með e-uto charge sth. with sth. [load to capacity]
taka e-ð fram yfir annaðto prefer sth. to sth. else
verja e-ð fyrir e-uto protect sth. against / from sth.
vilja e-ð frekar en e-ð annaðto prefer sth. to sth. else
yfirfæra e-ðe-ð)to superimpose sth. (on / onto sth.)
pota e-u í e-ðto tuck sth. into sth. else
pota e-u í e-ðto prod sth. into sth. else
unverified keyra e-ð í e-ð [slá af afli]to hit sth. hard (with sth.)
láta e-ð ofan í e-ðto put sth. in / into sth.
aðlaga e-ð (e-u)to adjust sth. (at / to sth.)
eyrnamerkja e-ð e-uto earmark sth. for sth. [reserve]
e-ð út úr e-uto get sth. out of sth.
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Usage Examples English
  • He interpreted the "kara" of Karate-dō to mean "to purge oneself of selfish and evil thoughts ...
  • In 1933, Mannheim was ousted from his professorship under the terms of the anti-Semitic law to purge the civil service and was forced into exile.
  • It also slightly surged in the late 1960s when the Indonesian government encouraged Dayaks to purge the Chinese from interior Kalimantan who were suspected of supporting communism in mainland China and also in the late 1990s when the Dayak started to attack Madurese emigrants in an explosion of ethnic violence.
  • Many hookahs are equipped with a purge valve connected to the airspace in the water jar to purge stale smoke that has been sitting unused in the jar for too long.
  • However, once guilt is unavoidable, Epicurean Guides recommended confession of one's offenses as a practice that helps to purge the character from its evil tendencies and reform the character.

  • Ceausescu additionally took efforts to purge those of Jewish background from political authority.
  • "He has been in Israel for less than three years and has written a book which attempts to purge the Jewish state of its hatred for Palestinians".
  • In an attempt to purge Latin from the language of the law, California law has for many years used the term 'writ of mandate' in place of "writ of mandamus", and "writ of review" in place of "writ of certiorari".
  • Detoxification usually involves the addition of a hydroxyl group to a drug, making the drug more soluble and thus easier to purge from the body.
  • Eisenhower was urged to respond directly and specify the various measures he had taken to purge the government of communists.

  • and a high oxygen flow was used to purge the environmental control system.
  • In 1586 the German physician Joachim Camerarius the Younger wrote in his herbal, that manna, that was used to purge humours, was collected in Welschland from species of fraxino.
  • Initially, Richard aimed only to purge his Lancastrian political opponents from positions of influence over the king.
  • Backlash from a 1971 decision to purge most rural-oriented shows from the network lineup may have also been a factor.
  • In Lucian's 2nd-century social comedy "The Gods in Council", Momus takes a leading role in a discussion on how to purge Olympus of foreign gods and barbarian demi-gods who are lowering its heavenly tone.

  • Stonewall Jackson, an Opry member since 1956, sued the Opry management in 2007 alleging that manager Pete Fisher was trying to purge older members of the Opry from its membership and committing age discrimination.
  • In China, Chairman Mao in 1965 created the Red Guards, which initially consisted mainly of students, to purge dissident CCP officials and intellectuals in general, as part of the Cultural Revolution.
  • The writer stated in the introduction to the Graffiti hardcover of "Watchmen" that while writing the series he was able to purge himself of his nostalgia for superheroes, and instead he found an interest in real human beings.
  • Eventually, Vorik and Torres engaged in ritual battle to purge the blood fever.
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Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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