Dictionary

expunge en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɛkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin expungerelbor. English expunge Learned borrowing from Latin expungere.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To erase or strike out.
   • The gentleman from Texas [Mr. CRAIN] asks unanimous consent to expunge from the RECORD and from the Journal the motion to excuse the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. ALLEN] […] 1893, Congressional Record, page 1991:
2. (transitive) To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
3. (transitive) To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.

Forms

Deriveds

expungible · expungings · expungement · expungable · inexpungable · expungee · expunging · unexpungable · expunger · inexpungible · unexpunged

Relateds

expunction

Translations (38)

ka შლის (to erase or strike out) · fi tuhota (to eliminate) · io efacar (to erase or strike out) · la expungō (to erase or strike out) · bg задрасквам (to erase or strike out) · eo elimini (to eliminate) · es expurgar (to erase or strike out) · ru ликвидировать (to eliminate) · ka წარხოცავს (to erase or strike out) · nl uitwissen (to erase or strike out) · fr effacer (to erase or strike out) · ka ამოშლის (to erase or strike out) · es borrar (to erase or strike out) · hu kitöröl (to erase or strike out) · it espungere (to erase or strike out) · hu megsemmisít (to eliminate) · ru вычёркивать (to erase or strike out) · de auslöschen (to eliminate) · eo forviŝi (to erase or strike out) · hu kihúz (to erase or strike out) · de ausstreichen (to erase or strike out) · nl verwijderen (to eliminate) · ka აღგავს (to erase or strike out) · fi hävittää (to eliminate) · de durchstreichen (to erase or strike out) · es eliminar (to erase or strike out) · ka ანადგურებს (to eliminate) · hu töröl (to erase or strike out) · ka აღმოფხვრის (to eliminate) · ka წაშლის (to erase or strike out) · es limpiar (to erase or strike out) · sv utplåna (to eliminate) · fi poistaa (to erase or strike out) · bg премахвам (to eliminate) · pt expungir (to eliminate) · sv utstryka (to erase or strike out) · es expunger (to erase or strike out) · fr éliminer (to eliminate)