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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.
Related forms
ex·pung·er, noun
un·ex·punged, adjective
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expunge (ɪkˈspʌndʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
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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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Example sentences
We can't go back and expunge the record.
The suit asks the district to end the ban, allow the girls to attend all school functions and expunge their disciplinary records.
To expunge 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.
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