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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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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