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ex·punge
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verb (used with object),
ex·punged,
ex·pung·ing.
1.
to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate.
2.
to efface; wipe out or destroy.
Origin:
1595–1605;
<
Latin
expungere
to blot out, erase, equivalent to
ex-
ex-
1
+
pungere
to prick
Related forms
ex·pung·er,
noun
un·ex·punged,
adjective
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expunge
(ɪkˈspʌndʒ)
—
vb
1.
to delete or erase; blot out; obliterate
2.
to wipe out or destroy
[C17: from Latin
expungere
to blot out, from
pungere
to prick]
expunction
—
n
ex'punger
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
expunge
c.1600, from L. expungere "mark (a name on a list) for deletion" by pricking dots above or below it, lit. "prick out," from ex- "out" + pungere "to prick, stab" (see
pungent
). Related: Expunged; expunging.
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We can't go back and
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the record.
The suit asks the district to end the ban, allow the girls to attend all school
functions and
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their disciplinary records.
To
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the drama of having witnessed a parent's descent into madness one
may join the madness oneself.
Each may be trying to
expunge
the other from his conscience.
He coached his singers to
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stereotypical attitudes and gestures.
It would be wrong to
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these atrocities from the record of history.
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