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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.
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2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as,
to expunge an offense. --Sandys.
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Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.
--Pope.

Syn: To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy;
annihilate; cancel.
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