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expunged - 2 dictionary results

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.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L expungere to blot out, erase, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + pungere to prick


ex⋅pung⋅er, noun
ex·punge   (ĭk-spŭnj')   
tr.v.   ex·punged, ex·pung·ing, ex·pung·es
  1. To erase or strike out: "I have corrected some factual slips, expunged some repetitions" (Kenneth Tynan).
  2. To eliminate completely; annihilate. See Synonyms at erase.

[Latin expungere : ex-, ex- + pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·pung'er n.
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