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EXPUNGE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they expunge ... he / she / it expunges
Past simple: expunged
-ing form: expunging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
Example:
scratch that remark
Synonyms:
excise; expunge; scratch; strike
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "expunge" is one way to...):
cancel; delete (remove or make invisible)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
expunction; expunging (deletion by an act of expunging or erasing)