expunge

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: ausstreichen, durchstreichen
• Ido: efacar (io)
• Italian: espungere (it)
• Latin: expungō
• Russian: вычёркивать (ru) (vyčórkivatʹ)

to eliminate

• Bulgarian: премахвам (bg) (premahvam)
• Dutch: verwijderen (nl)
• Esperanto: elimini
• Finnish: hävittää (fi), tuhota (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: éliminer (fr)
• German: auslöschen (de)
• Portuguese: expungir (pt)
• Russian: ликвидировать (ru) (likvidirovatʹ)

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) expunge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of expungō