expunge Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- shatter
- sweep-away-
- liquidate
- clean-up-
- exterminate
- obliterate
- efface
- stamp-out-
- blot-out
- extirpate
- annihilate
- demolish
- cancel
- wipe-out
Weak:
expunge Meaning
expunge (v)
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
expunge (v. t.)
To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences.
To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense.
FAQs About the word expunge
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a lineTo blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as,
abolish, eradicate, destroy,erase, shatter, sweep (away), liquidate, clean (up), exterminate,obliterate
save, protect, build, conserve, save, create, protect, preserve, create, make
The government sought to expunge all records of the controversial program from its archives.
After the scandal, the company attempted to expunge any evidence of its involvement from the internet.
The historian spent years meticulously expunging errors and inconsistencies from the historical record.
The judge ordered the expungement of the defendant's criminal record after they had completed their sentence.
