expunge

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin expungere

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Infinitive
to expunge

Third person singular
expunges

Simple past
expunged

Past participle
expunged

Present participle
expunging

to 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.
  3. To completely remove leaving no trace.
  4. (computing) To completely erase a file, document or directory from a computer system.

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