expunge

Learned borrowing from Latin expungere.

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/, /ɛkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ʌndʒ

expunge (third-person singular simple present expunges, present participle expunging, simple past and past participle expunged)

1. (transitive) To erase or strike out.
   • 1893, Congressional Record, page 1991:

     The gentleman from Texas [Mr. CRAIN] asks unanimous consent to expunge from the RECORD and from the Journal the motion to excuse the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. ALLEN] […]

2. (transitive) To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
3. (transitive, computing) To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.

• expungable
• expungement
• expungee
• expunger
• expunging
• expungings
• inexpungable
• inexpungible
• unexpungable

• expunction

expunge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of expungō