expunge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: expunge	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expunge v remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" Synonym(s): strike, scratch, expunge, excise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expunge \Expunge"\, 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.