Answer:

purge

Answer	Crossword Clue
PURGE	Remove from office, soviet-style
PURGE	Remove, Soviet-style
PURGE	Prove cathartic

PURGE	Political housecleaning
PURGE	Cleanse, politically
PURGE	Remove undesirable elements from
PURGE	Eliminate, as undesirables
PURGE	Stalinesque sweep
PURGE	Political ouster
PURGE	Cleanse thoroughly
PURGE	Free of guilt

PURGE	Military coup
PURGE	Free (from)
PURGE	Purify
PURGE	Cleanse
PURGE	Get rid of
PURGE	Clean completely
PURGE	Rid (of)
PURGE	Wipe out

PURGE	Clear of guilt.
PURGE	Clear oneself of guilt.
PURGE	Cleanse.
PURGE	Free from a charge, in law.
PURGE	Dictator's action
PURGE	Large-scale shake-up
PURGE	Clear of charges
PURGE	Political shake-up

PURGE	Dictator's action against dissidents
PURGE	Cleanse of impurities
PURGE	Clean out
PURGE	Get rid of, Stalin style
PURGE	Cleanse totally
PURGE	Clear
PURGE	Empty
PURGE	Rid

PURGE	Rid of impurities
PURGE	Housecleaning of a sort
PURGE	Clear of a charge
PURGE	Cleanse, as of impurities
PURGE	Large-scale dismissal