Antonyms for expunge

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ik-spuhnj

Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspʌndʒ

Definition of expunge

Origin : c.1600, from Latin expungere "prick out, blot out, mark (a name on a list) for deletion" by pricking dots above or below it, literally "prick out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + pungere "to prick, stab" (see pungent). Related: Expunged; expunging.

verb destroy, obliterate

Example sentences :

When it reached there a motion prevailed to expunge all the records relating to it.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

He re-read his father's letter that he might expunge the reference to the scant living.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

You'll have to expunge 'guess' and 'reckon' from your vocabulary.
Extract from : « The Leader of the Lower School » by Angela Brazil

Would he not rather, to make the book consistent, expunge it?
Extract from : « Watson Refuted » by Samuel Francis

He recoiled from the disturbance of the Missouri compromise: they expunge it.
Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton

Mr. B. returned to the resolution which it was proposed to expunge.
Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton

If you may expunge a part, you may expunge the whole; and if it is expunged, how is it kept?
Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton

It is to expunge from your statute-book all support of Slavery.
Extract from : « Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume XI (of 20) » by Charles Sumner

It is perhaps well that we should expunge the word absolute from our vocabularies.
Extract from : « The Mystery of Space » by Robert T. Browne

Why, by the way, did Wordsworth expunge from Michael these wonderful lines?
Extract from : « More Pages from a Journal » by Mark Rutherford

Synonyms for expunge

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