expunge
verb (used with object)
to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate.
expunges
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present tense formof expunge (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Fresh research occasionally surfaces new runs and expunges others.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2021
It neither expunges his record nor declares that the law that condemned him was unjust in the first place.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2020
It also expunges isolated misdemeanors once a petition has been filed with the State Bureau of Investigation.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2019
Cook expunges all memory of his nearly-but-not-quite getting out the previous over with a Michelin-starred cover drive for four.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2015
Death expunges crime, and when he comes to life again, it will be with a clean slate.
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
