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expunge
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ex·punge  (k-spnj)
tr.v. ex·punged, ex·pung·ing, ex·pung·es
1. To erase or strike out: "I have corrected some factual slips, expunged some repetitions" (Kenneth Tynan).
2. To eliminate completely; annihilate. See Synonyms at erase.
[Latin expungere : ex-, ex- + pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·punger n.
expunge [iks-sponge]
Verb
[-punging, -punged] Formal to remove all traces of: he had tried to expunge his failure from his mind [Latin expungere to blot out]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.expungeexpunge - remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
excise, scratch, strike
delete, cancel - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"
expunge
verb (Formal) erase, remove, destroy, abolish, cancel, get rid of, wipe out, eradicate, excise, delete, extinguish, strike out, obliterate, annihilate, efface, exterminate, annul, raze, blot out, extirpate


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