expunge

Learned borrowing from Latin expungere.

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/, /ɛkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌndʒ

expunge (third-person singular simple present expunges, present participle expunging, simple past and past participle expunged)

1. (transitive) To erase or strike out.
2. (transitive) To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
3. (transitive, computing) To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.

• expungable
• expungement
• expungee
• expunger
• expunging
• expungings
• inexpungable
• inexpungible
• unexpungable

• expunction

expunge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of expungō