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ex⋅punge
[ik-spuhnj] 
–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
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| ex·punge (ĭk-spŭnj') tr.v. ex·punged, ex·pung·ing, ex·pung·es
[Latin expungere : ex-, ex- + pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.] ex·pung'er n. |
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Expunge
Ex*punge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Expunging.] [L. expungere, expunctum, prick out, expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to prick, puncture. See Pungent.]1. 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. 2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense. --Sandys. Expugne the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts. --Pope. Syn: To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.
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expunge
1602, 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ex·punge
Pronunciation: ik-'sp&nj
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ex·punged; ex·pung·ing
: to cancel out or destroy completely <expunge the court records of an acquitted defendant> —ex·punge·ment noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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