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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
  --Pope. 
 
  Syn:  To  efface;  erase;  obliterate;  strike  out  destroy; 
  annihilate;  cancel.




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