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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.

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[Latin expungere : ex-, ex- + pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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ex·punger n.

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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]

Thesaurus

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" excise, scratch, strike delete, cancel - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

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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