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expungeexpunge /ɪkˈspʌndʒ/ verb [transitive] formal ETYMOLOGYexpungeOrigin: 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 |
THESAURUSto get rid of something so that it does not exist anymore► removeto get rid of something so that it does not exist anymore: What’s the best way to remove red wine stains? The plan will remove unneeded forms and paperwork from the system. ► erase to remove writing from paper, recorded sounds from tape, or information from a computer’s memory: Write in pencil so you can erase your mistakes. ► delete to remove part of something you are writing on a computer: I would delete the whole first paragraph and write a new introduction. ► cut to remove a part from a movie, book, speech, etc.: The scene was cut from the movie. ► expunge formal to deliberately remove something such as a name or piece of information from a piece of writing: The arrest and charge were later expunged from his record. ► efface formal to remove something so that it cannot be seen, noticed, or known about: Hellman had tried to efface his embarrassing personal history. 1to remove something such as a name or piece of information from a list, book, etc.: Their criminal records were expunged in return for their testimony.► see thesaurus at remove2to forget something bad: expunge something from something Howard tried to expunge the whole episode from his memory. |