expunge




expunge



Verb


  1. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; “Please strike this remark from the record”; “scratch that remark”
    • Synonyms
      • strike
      • scratch
      • excise
    • Less specific
      • delete
      • cancel
    • Related
      • deletion
      • excision
      • cut
      • expunction
      • expunging
      • erasure
      • expunction
      • expunging
      • erasure


expunge - LookUp


Urban Dictionary


**to obliterate completely, anihilate **


verb

  1. obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant)
    the kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory

Origin


early 17th century : from Latin expungere mark for deletion by means of points , from ex- out + pungere to prick


Thesaurus


Verb

  1. that moment can never be expunged from his memory

Similar Words: erase remove delete rub out wipe out efface cross out strike out blot out blank out cancel annul destroy obliterate eradicate extinguish eliminate abolish annihilate extirpate


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