A bloody purge then erupted in Rome, most of Sejanus' family and followers sharing his fate.

After a bloody purge of Communists and leftist labor leaders in 1965, he allowed only one union, whose leaders his government appointed directly.

After the bloody purge, Möngke ordered a general amnesty for prisoners and captives.

Mr. Galante's murder ignited a bloody purge in the early 1980's.

Tugh Temur's administration carried out a bloody purge against its enemies.

A bloody purge would be necessary to bring this new world into being.

The cleansing reached grotesque heights in the final and bloodiest purge against the powerful and independent Eastern Zone.

Chiang Kaishek is conducting a bloody purge of his erstwhile allies, the Communists.

Saddam, the head of internal security, quickly acquired de facto power but assumed the presidency only in 1979 amid a bloody purge.

The Suharto regime crushed the Communists in a bloody purge, imposed political order and gradually rebuilt the economy.