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ex·punge / ikˈspənj/ • v. [tr.] erase or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant): the communists had expunged references to the Hitler-Stalin pact. DERIVATIVES: ex·punc·tion / ikˈspəng(k)shən/ n. ex·punge·ment n. ex·pung·er n.
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EXPUNGE
To destroy; blot out; obliterate; erase; efface designedly; strike out wholly. The act of physically destroying information—including criminal records—in files, computers, or other depositories.
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expunge XVII. — L. expungere mark for deletion by points set above or below, f. EX-1 + pungere prick; see POINT.
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•Falange, flange
•avenge, henge, revenge, Stonehenge
•arrange, change, counterchange, estrange, exchange, grange, interchange, Lagrange, mange, part-exchange, range, short-change, strange
•binge, cringe, fringe, hinge, impinge, singe, springe, swinge, syringe, tinge, twinge, whinge
•challenge • orange • scavenge
•lozenge • blancmange
•lounge, scrounge
•blunge, expunge, grunge, gunge, lunge, plunge, scunge, sponge
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