expunge

UK: /ɪkˈspʌndʒ/ US: /ɪkˈspʌndʒ/ ,(ik spunj′)

Inflections of 'expunge' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

expunges

v 3rd person singular

expunging

v pres p

expunged

v past

expunged

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•punge /ɪkˈspʌndʒ/   v. [~ + object] , -punged, -pung•ing. 

1. to take out;
   remove;
   erase:
   to expunge a few lines from the script.

See -punct-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•punge  (ik spunj′), v.t., -punged, -pung•ing. 

1. to strike or blot out;
   erase;
   obliterate.
2. to efface;
   wipe out or destroy.

• Latin expungere to blot out, erase, equivalent. to ex- ex-¹ + pungere to prick
• 1595–1605

ex•pung′er, n. 

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expunge / ɪkˈspʌndʒ/, expunct / ɪkˈspʌŋkt/ verb (transitive)

1. to delete or erase; blot out; obliterate

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin expungere to blot out, from pungere to prick

expunction / ɪkˈspʌŋkʃən/ noun

exˈpunger noun