expunge

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line“Please strike this remark from the record”“scratch that remark”Synonyms: strike scratch excise

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Expunge \Ex*punge"\ ([e^]ks*p[u^]nj"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged ([e^]ks*p[u^]njd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Expunging ([e^]ks*p[u^]n"j[i^]ng).] [L. expungere, expunctum, prick out, expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to prick, puncture. See Pungent.]

1.To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences. [1913 Webster]

2.To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expunge an offense. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]

Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.— Pope.

Syn: To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel. [1913 Webster]