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purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels

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  1. n. purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  2. n. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
  3. n purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels n (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions