EXPUNGE
strike, scratch, expunge, excise
(verb) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; “Please strike this remark from the record”; “scratch that remark”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
expunge (third-person singular simple present expunges, present participle expunging, simple past and past participle expunged)
(transitive) To erase or strike out.
(transitive) To eliminate completely; annihilate.
(transitive, computing) To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*punge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged();p. pr. & vb. n.
Expunging().] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition