expunge
to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate.
to efface; wipe out or destroy.
Origin of expunge
1Other words from expunge
- ex·pung·er, noun
- un·ex·punged, adjective
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How to use expunge in a sentence
But that was Oliver expunging all this anger he had from not being able to get Platoon made yet, which was his baby.
The Unbelievable (True) Story of the World’s Most Infamous Hash Smuggler | Marlow Stern | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFormer foot soldier Patrick Fitzgerald has become a legend for expunging vice from the highest offices of the land.
There was no possible chance of doing it without expunging a soldier or a policeman, or disfiguring the entire province.
The Land of Thor | J. Ross BrowneSome of the speeches on the expunging resolution show delicious, although entirely unconscious, humor.
Thomas Hart Benton | Theodore RooseveltNow it was not the intention of Mr. King to move the expunging resolution.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) | Thomas Hart Benton
There is no such thing as expunging what has been, or of erasing what is to be.
The Business of Life | Robert W. ChambersShe had begged earnestly for the expunging of the "pious family."
Red as a Rose is She | Rhoda Broughton
British Dictionary definitions for expunge
/ (ɪkˈspʌndʒ) /
to delete or erase; blot out; obliterate
to wipe out or destroy
Origin of expunge
1Derived forms of expunge
- expunction (ɪkˈspʌŋkʃən), noun
- expunger, noun
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