ex·punge ( k-sp nj )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·pung er n. |
expunge [ɪkˈspʌndʒ]
vb (tr)
1. to delete or erase; blot out; obliterate
2. to wipe out or destroy
[from Latin expungere to blot out, from pungere to prick]
expunction [ɪkˈspʌŋkʃən] n
expunger n
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| Verb | 1. |  expunge - remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" |
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 The experience was something he had tried to expunge from his memory.
Translations
expunge
vt (form) → ausstreichen (from aus); (from records also) → auslöschen (from aus)
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