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verb (used with object), -punged, -pung·ing.
1.
to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate.
2.
to efface; wipe out or destroy.
Related forms
ex·pung·er, noun
un·ex·punged, adjective
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Expunge
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is lollygag. Does it mean:
| to spend time idly; loaf. |
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
Example Sentences
- The suit asks the district to end the ban, allow the girls to attend all school functions and expunge their disciplinary records.
- It would be wrong to expunge these atrocities from the record of history.
- Each may be trying to expunge the other from his conscience.
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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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