expunge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
    strike; scratch; excise.
    • Please strike this remark from the record
    • scratch that remark

WordNet

Ex*punge" transitive verb
Etymology
L. expungere, expunctum, prick out, expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to prick, puncture. See Pungent.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Expunged;present participle & verbal noun Expunging
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913