expunge Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- sweep-away-
- shatter
- exterminate
- liquidate
- efface
- extirpate
- stamp-out-
- obliterate
- demolish
- blot-out
- clean-up-
- annihilate
- wipe-out
- cancel
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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.
expunge Sentence Examples
- 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.
- The author requested that the publisher expunge a passage from their upcoming book that contained sensitive information.
- The company's legal team worked tirelessly to expunge any mention of the lawsuit from online search results.
- The expungement of the politician's past criminal convictions allowed them to run for office again.
- The government initiated a program to expunge the criminal records of nonviolent offenders who had completed their sentences.
- The athlete's doping violation was expunged from their record after they successfully appealed the decision.
- The expungement of the company's environmental violations allowed them to secure a new loan from the bank.
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,
eradicate, destroy, abolish,erase, sweep (away), shatter, exterminate, liquidate, efface, extirpate
conserve, make, conserve, build, save, create,preserve, make, preserve, build
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.
