expunge

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin expungere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/, /ɛkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌndʒ

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To erase or strike out.
   • 1893, Congressional Record, page 1991:

     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] […]

2. (transitive) To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
3. (transitive, computing) To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.

Derived terms

• expungable
• expungement
• expungee
• expunger
• expunging
• expungings
• inexpungable
• inexpungible
• unexpungable

Related terms

• expunction

Translations

to erase or strike out

• Bulgarian: задрасквам (bg) (zadraskvam)
• Dutch: uitwissen (nl)
• Esperanto: forviŝi
• Finnish: poistaa (fi)
• French: effacer (fr)
• German: ausstreichen, durchstreichen (de)
• Hungarian: töröl (hu), kitöröl (hu), kihúz (hu)
• Ido: efacar (io)
• Italian: espungere (it)
• Latin: expungō
• Russian: вычёркивать (ru) (vyčórkivatʹ)
• Spanish: borrar (es)
• Swedish: utstryka (sv)

to eliminate

• Bulgarian: премахвам (bg) (premahvam)
• Dutch: verwijderen (nl)
• Esperanto: elimini
• Finnish: hävittää (fi), tuhota (fi)
• French: éliminer (fr)
• German: auslöschen (de)
• Hungarian: megsemmisít (hu)
• Portuguese: expungir (pt)
• Russian: ликвидировать (ru) (likvidirovatʹ)
• Swedish: utplåna (sv)

Latin

Verb

expunge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of expungō