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.
2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expunge an offense. --Sandys.
Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts. --Pope.
Syn: To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.
The judge in Jacksonville, who said the sentence was a sign of society's determination to expunge "this cancer," rejected Lehder's contention that he was a political prisoner.
If Mr Heseltine can balance this with an enhanced regard for competition policy and expunge from his thinking a trace of outdated nationalism, the DTI could yet prove to be his finest hour.
When he was young, he was considered possessed by demons and his family tried religious rituals to expunge them.
Part of it is that some voters don't remember Vietnam, and others want to expunge whatever memories they do have.
But I doubt that the relative performance of Britain and Germany over the next 10 years will expunge them from the agenda.
While Chun stays in rural isolation, a major drive is underway in Seoul to expunge him from the nation's life and even its history books.