expunge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expungere, present active infinitive of expungo, from ex + pungo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛks.ˈpʌndʒ/
Rhymes: -ʌndʒ

Verb

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

To erase or strike out.
To eliminate completely; annihilate.

Derived terms

Translations

to erase or strike out

Bulgarian: задрасквам (bg) (zadraskvam)
Dutch: uitwissen (nl)
Esperanto: forviŝi
Finnish: poistaa (fi)
French: effacer (fr)

German: ausstreichen, durchstreichen
Ido: efacar (io)
Italian: espungere (it)
Russian: вычёркивать (ru) (vyčórkivatʹ)

to eliminate

Bulgarian: премахвам (bg) (premahvam)
Dutch: verwijderen (nl)
Esperanto: elimini
Finnish: hävittää (fi), tuhota (fi)
French: éliminer (fr)

German: auslöschen
Portuguese: expungir (pt)
Russian: ликвидировать (ru) (likvidirovatʹ)

Latin

Verb

expunge

second-person singular present active imperative of expungō

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