As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
EXPUNGED
Verb
expunged
simple past tense and past participle of expunge
Anagrams
• expugned
Source: Wiktionary
EXPUNGE
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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