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 Definitions of expunge  [ɪkˈspʌndʒ]  

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Definition of 'expunge' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) expunge
to strike or blot out; obliterate; erase.

2.  expunge
to eliminate completely; efface; destroy.

Etymology:  (1595–1605; < L expungere prick thoroughly, mark off on a list =ex-ex -1+pungere to prick)

Definition of 'expunge' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) strike, scratch, expunge, excise
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
"Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"


Definition of 'expunge' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) expunge
to blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences

2. (verb) expunge
to strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense



'expunge' - Nearby Entries  

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