expunge

[ex·punge]

To expunge is to cross out or eliminate. After Nicholas proved he had been in school on the day in question, the absence was expunged from his record.

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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.

Verb
remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this remark from the record"


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.


Expunge

Ex*punge" , 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.
Syn. -- To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.

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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