verb
Meaning 1
To erase or strike out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
expunge
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/
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/ɛkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/
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rhymes with -ʌndʒ
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CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S P AH1 N JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Please strike this remark from the record
- scratch that remark
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: strike, scratch, excise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: delete, cancel
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin expungerelbor. English expunge Learned borrowing from Latin expungere.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: задрасквам (zadraskvam) — to erase or strike out
- Dutch: uitwissen — to erase or strike out
- Esperanto: forviŝi — to erase or strike out
- Finnish: poistaa — to erase or strike out
- French: effacer — to erase or strike out
- Georgian: შლის (šlis) — to erase or strike out
- Georgian: წაშლის (c̣ašlis) — to erase or strike out
- Georgian: ამოშლის (amošlis) — to erase or strike out
- Georgian: წარხოცავს (c̣arxocavs) — to erase or strike out
- Georgian: აღგავს (aɣgavs) — to erase or strike out
- German: ausstreichen — to erase or strike out
- German: durchstreichen — to erase or strike out
- Hungarian: töröl — to erase or strike out
- Hungarian: kitöröl — to erase or strike out
- Hungarian: kihúz — to erase or strike out
- Ido: efacar — to erase or strike out
- Italian: espungere — to erase or strike out
- Latin: expungō — to erase or strike out
- Russian: вычёркивать (vyčórkivatʹ) — to erase or strike out
- Spanish: borrar — to erase or strike out
- Spanish: expurgar — to erase or strike out
- Spanish: limpiar — to erase or strike out
- Spanish: eliminar — to erase or strike out
- Spanish: expunger — to erase or strike out
- Swedish: utstryka — to erase or strike out
- Bulgarian: премахвам (premahvam) — to eliminate
- Dutch: verwijderen — to eliminate
- Esperanto: elimini — to eliminate
- Finnish: hävittää — to eliminate
- Finnish: tuhota — to eliminate
- French: éliminer — to eliminate
- Georgian: ანადგურებს (anadgurebs) — to eliminate
- Georgian: აღმოფხვრის (aɣmopxvris) — to eliminate
- German: auslöschen — to eliminate
- Hungarian: megsemmisít — to eliminate
- Portuguese: expungir — to eliminate
- Russian: ликвидировать (likvidirovatʹ) — to eliminate
- Swedish: utplåna — to eliminate