'Expunge' definitions:
Definition of 'expunge'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Expunge'
From: GCIDE
- Expunge \Ex*punge"\ ([e^]ks*p[u^]nj"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged ([e^]ks*p[u^]njd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Expunging ([e^]ks*p[u^]n"j[i^]ng).] [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expunge an offense. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
- Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts. --Pope.
- Syn: To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'expunge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- annihilate,
- annul,
- black out,
- blot,
- blot out,
- blue-pencil,
- bowdlerize,
- call off,
- cancel,
- censor,
- complete,
- cross out,
- cut,
- dele,
- delete,
- discard,
- dispose of,
- drop,
- drop the curtain,
- edit,
- edit out,
- efface,
- end off,
- eradicate,
- erase,
- exclude,
- expurgate,
- extinguish,
- finalize,
- finish,
- fold up,
- get it over,
- get over with,
- get through with,
- give the quietus,
- kayo,
- kibosh,
- kill,
- knock out,
- KO,
- obliterate,
- omit,
- perfect,
- polish off,
- put paid to,
- raze,
- rescind,
- rub out,
- rule out,
- scrag,
- scratch,
- scratch out,
- shoot down,
- sponge,
- sponge out,
- strike,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- void,
- wipe out,
- zap