expunge

verb

ex·punge ik-ˈspənj How to pronounce expunge (audio)

expunged; expunging

transitive verb

: to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion

: to efface completely : destroy

: to eliminate from one's consciousness

expunge a memory

expunger noun

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In medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, a series of dots was used to mark mistakes or to label material that should be deleted from a text, and those deletion dots can help you remember the history of expunge. They were known as puncta delentia. The puncta part of the name derives from the Latin verb pungere, which can be translated as "to prick or sting" (and you can imagine that a scribe may have felt stung when their mistakes were so punctuated in a manuscript). Pungere is also an ancestor of expunge, as well as a parent of other dotted, pointed, or stinging terms such as punctuate, compunction, poignant, puncture, and pungent.

Example Sentences

time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here

Recent Examples on the Web The school principals subsequently denied my requests to expunge my sons’ records of those suspensions – a current stain on their records.

Fox News, 17 Aug. 2022 Those who cannot pay end up facing a range of penalties — including incarceration, extended probation, and the inability to expunge their records — that can keep young people entangled in the system well beyond the length of their sentences.

Erica L. Green, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022 Those who cannot pay end up facing a range of penalties — including incarceration, extended probation and the inability to expunge their records — that can keep young people entangled in the system well beyond the length of their sentences.

New York Times, 14 July 2022 After nearly two hours of debate, the council voted 41 to 7 to approve a motion by Senate President Pro Tempore Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, to expunge its June 17 approval of spending authority for the disbursal of the funds.

Stephen Simpson, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2022 China’s new leader, Deng Xiaoping, did not wish to expunge Mao’s legacy.

Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 21 June 2022 Rarely do those that seek to expunge those AI biases take a much deeper look underneath to get a broader semblance of what might be happening.

Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 May 2022 The removal of statues threatens to expunge Confederate history in the South and other white historical figures elsewhere.

Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 16 May 2022 This inexpensive, widespread digital access could also undermine people’s efforts to expunge their records, according to Burton.

Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Feb. 2022 See More

单词	expunged
释义	expunge verb ex·punge ik-ˈspənj expunged; expunging transitive verb 1 : to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion 2 : to efface completely : destroy 3 : to eliminate from one's consciousness expunge a memory expunger noun Did you know? In medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, a series of dots was used to mark mistakes or to label material that should be deleted from a text, and those deletion dots can help you remember the history of expunge. They were known as puncta delentia. The puncta part of the name derives from the Latin verb pungere, which can be translated as "to prick or sting" (and you can imagine that a scribe may have felt stung when their mistakes were so punctuated in a manuscript). Pungere is also an ancestor of expunge, as well as a parent of other dotted, pointed, or stinging terms such as punctuate, compunction, poignant, puncture, and pungent. Synonyms abolish annihilate black out blot out cancel clean (up) efface eradicate erase exterminate extirpate liquidate obliterate root (out) rub out snuff (out) stamp (out) sweep (away) wipe out See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here Recent Examples on the Web The school principals subsequently denied my requests to expunge my sons’ records of those suspensions – a current stain on their records. Fox News, 17 Aug. 2022 Those who cannot pay end up facing a range of penalties — including incarceration, extended probation, and the inability to expunge their records — that can keep young people entangled in the system well beyond the length of their sentences. Erica L. Green, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022 Those who cannot pay end up facing a range of penalties — including incarceration, extended probation and the inability to expunge their records — that can keep young people entangled in the system well beyond the length of their sentences. New York Times, 14 July 2022 After nearly two hours of debate, the council voted 41 to 7 to approve a motion by Senate President Pro Tempore Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, to expunge its June 17 approval of spending authority for the disbursal of the funds. Stephen Simpson, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2022 China’s new leader, Deng Xiaoping, did not wish to expunge Mao’s legacy. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 21 June 2022 Rarely do those that seek to expunge those AI biases take a much deeper look underneath to get a broader semblance of what might be happening. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 May 2022 The removal of statues threatens to expunge Confederate history in the South and other white historical figures elsewhere. Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 16 May 2022 This inexpensive, widespread digital access could also undermine people’s efforts to expunge their records, according to Burton. Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Feb. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Latin expungere to mark for deletion by dots, from ex- + pungere to prick — more at pungent First Known Use 1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Legal Definition expunge transitive verb ex·punge ik-ˈspənj expunged; expunging : to cancel out or destroy completely expunge the court records of an acquitted defendant expunged verb past tense of expunge as in erased to destroy all traces of time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance erased eradicated abolished destroyed obliterated annihilated extirpated exterminated effaced liquidated wiped out canceled demolished shattered cancelled blotted out blacked out discarded dismantled ruined killed swept (away) decimated rubbed out dissolved ravaged consumed flattened stamped (out) wrecked cleaned (up) snuffed (out) razed expelled excised rooted (out) smashed devastated ejected jettisoned wasted pulverized tore down devoured finished terminated fragmented zapped powdered totaled splintered blasted doomed atomized dynamited ousted dashed killed off totalled ditched mowed (down) blew up cut threw out Antonyms & Near Antonyms preserved protected saved created restored built constructed made manufactured formed forged fabricated shaped conserved framed renewed reconstructed repaired fashioned rebuilt fixed renovated revamped reconditioned patched mended See More
随便看	out like a light out loud out of out of action out of alignment out of breath out of business out of central casting out of character out of choice out of circulation out of commission out of condition out of contention for out of court out of danger out of earshot out of fashion out of favor out of focus out of hand out of here out of hours out of humor out of it

expunge

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