EXPUNGE

expunge. Expunge, v.t. to blot or cross out, erase, efface

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Ex‐punge″ (ĕks‐pŭnj″), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged (–pŭnjd″); p. pr. & vb. n. Expunging (–pŭn″jĭng).] [[L. expungere, expunctum, prick out, expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to prick, puncture. See Pungent.]] 1. 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. 2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expunge an offense. Sandys.
Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts. Pope. Syn. — To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.