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
- 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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