Thesaurus: expunge
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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Definitions
- 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.
- v. t. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense.
- v. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- 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.
- v:100 v remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line