expunge

expunge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expungere, present active infinitive of expungo, from ex + pungo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛks.ˈpʌndʒ/
• Rhymes: -ʌndʒ

Verb

expunge (third-person singular simple present expunges, present participle expunging, simple past and past participle expunged)

1. To erase or strike out.
2. To eliminate completely; annihilate.

Derived terms

• expunction
• expungable

• expungement
• expungee

• expunger
• expunging

• expungings
• inexpungable

• inexpungible
• unexpungable

Translations

to erase or strike out

Bulgarian: задрасквам (bg) (zadraskvam) Dutch: uitwissen (nl) Esperanto: forviŝi Finnish: poistaa (fi) French: effacer (fr)

German: ausstreichen, durchstreichen Ido: efacar (io) Italian: espungere (it) Russian: вычёркивать (ru) (vyčórkivatʹ)

to eliminate

Bulgarian: премахвам (bg) (premahvam) Dutch: verwijderen (nl) Esperanto: elimini Finnish: hävittää (fi), tuhota (fi)

French: éliminer (fr) German: auslöschen Portuguese: expungir (pt) Russian: ликвидировать (ru) (likvidirovatʹ)

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Latin

Verb

expunge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of expungō