purging

Those with political dominance are purging branches of the civil service, taking over national arts organizations, defunding entitlement programs and threatening corporations that defy their dictates.

Fascism is always an ideology based on the belief that modern society has become weak and degenerate, and that the cure is purging certain people.

Like Hitler, he seems committed to purging anyone who has opposed him and to making the law himself.

However, it isn’t clear that a change in venue would eliminate political influence, especially under a Trump administration that appears to be purging those perceived as political or ideological opponents.

The triteness makes us uncertain how much of his impassioned purging is the truth.