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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: expunging n : deletion by an act of expunging or erasing [syn: {expunction}, {erasure}]
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