Definition of expunge Expunge

/ɪkspʌˈnʤ/ - [ikspunj] - ex•punge

We found 7 definitions of expunge from 5 different sources.

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What does expunge mean?

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Verb

expunges, expunging, expunged  

expunge - remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
  strike, scratch, excise
  delete, cancel remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • expunge (v. t.)
    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.
  • expunge (v. t.)
    To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • expunge
    eks-punj′, v.t. to wipe out: to efface.—n. Expunc′tion. [L. expungĕre, to prick out, erase—ex, out, pungĕre, to prick.]

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  • expunge, verb, present, 1st person singular of expunge (infinitive).
  • expunge, verb (infinitive).

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