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



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