expunge
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of expunge
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To erase or strike out.
“The gentleman from Texas [Mr. CRAIN] asks unanimous consent to expunge from the RECORD and from the Journal the motion to excuse the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. ALLEN] […]”
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verb
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(transitive)To erase or strike out.
“The gentleman from Texas [Mr. CRAIN] asks unanimous consent to expunge from the RECORD and from the Journal the motion to excuse the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. ALLEN] […]”
- (transitive)To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
- (transitive)To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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.
Words you can make from expunge
27 playable · top: EX (9 pts)
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7 wordsHooks
3 extensions · 3 back
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