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Meaning of 'expunge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Expunge [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense.

Meaning of 'expunge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . expunge [ v]
Meaning (1):
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
Example in sentence:
  • Please strike this remark from the record;
  • scratch that remark

Nearby Words:

expand expanded expander expanding expanse expansibility expansible expansile expansion expansive

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