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expunge
[ik-spuhnj]
verb (used with object)
to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate.
to efface; wipe out or destroy.
expunge
/ ɪkˈspʌŋkʃən, ɪkˈspʌndʒ /
verb
to delete or erase; blot out; obliterate
to wipe out or destroy
Other Word Forms
- expunger noun
- unexpunged adjective
- expunction noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of expunge1
Example Sentences
Representatives from the Russian military told the convicts that if they joined the army and went to Ukraine their sentences would be expunged, Kurashov said.
He said he got his record expunged in 2016, but — again — it was too late.
Even after Friday’s selloff, that indicator remains high, indicating “speculation hasn’t been expunged from the market,” he said.
In 2020, Newsom signed a law that allows nonviolent incarcerated people who worked on a conservation camp fire crew to have their records expunged.
As warmer spotlights go, “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley” may never fully expunge what maddens and mystifies about the untimely end of troubled souls.
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When To Use
Expunge means to erase, delete, cross out, or destroy.Expunge is especially used in the context of law, in which it means to remove an arrest or conviction from a person’s public criminal record.A record that has been altered in this way can be described as expunged. The process of expunging can be called expungement or expunction.Example: Many criminal justice reform advocates support the law, which would expand the range of offenses that could be expunged from criminal records.
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