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expungeex‧punge /ɪkˈspʌndʒ/ verb [transitive] formal expungeOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin expungere ‘to mark something with small holes to show that it is to be removed’, from pungere ‘to make a small hole’ VERB TABLEexpunge |
Present | I, you, we, they | expunge | | he, she, it | expunges | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | expunged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have expunged | | he, she, it | has expunged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had expunged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will expunge | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have expunged |
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Present | I | am expunging | | he, she, it | is expunging | | you, we, they | are expunging | Past | I, he, she, it | was expunging | | you, we, they | were expunging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been expunging | | he, she, it | has been expunging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been expunging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be expunging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been expunging |
- Their criminal records were expunged in return for their testimony.
- I don't think there's anything terrible about expunging Sylvie.
- I wrote the letter a dozen times, trying to moderate the tone, studiously expunging all traces of passion.
- My karma was to help her expunge her personal devils by being smaller than she was when she was angry.
- They know that his letters home will be read by censors, and that any indication of his whereabouts will be expunged.
- Three others served probationary terms and their charges have been expunged, Charlton said.
- You don't need to - it was expunged automatically long ago.
1to remove a name from a list, piece of information, or book2to make someone forget something unpleasantexpunge something from something I wanted to expunge the memory of that first race from my mind. |