Cast
Purging
Purging noun - An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements.
Both words in one sentence
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When the Communist Party voted to put him in charge, probably assuming he would just sit quietly at his desk filling out paperwork, he immediately cast off the guise and starting purging his rivals, including the chief of China's security services.
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