Definitions for: Expunge


[v] remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this remark from the record"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*punge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Expunging.] [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.

Synonyms: excise, strike

See Also: cancel, delete

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