expunge

tr.v., -punged, -pung·ing, -pung·es.

1. To erase or strike out: "I have corrected some factual slips, expunged some repetitions" (Kenneth Tynan).
2. To eliminate completely; annihilate. See synonyms at erase.

[Latin expungere : ex-, ex- + pungere, to prick.]

expunger ex·pung'er n.

verb

To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean: annul, blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out). Law vacate. See continue/stop/pause.

v

Definition: destroy, obliterate
Antonyms: bear, build, construct, create

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To destroy; blot out; obliterate; erase; efface designedly; strike out wholly. The act of physically destroying information—including criminal records—in files, computers, or other depositories.

IN BRIEF: To blot out or rub out.

One win at the tournament could expunge the team's poor record.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fjerne, slette

Nederlands (Dutch)
vernietigen, schrappen

Français (French)
v. tr. - rayer, effacer

Deutsch (German)
v. - ausstreichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαγράφω, απαλείφω, εξαφανίζω, αφανίζω

Italiano (Italian)
espungere, cancellare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - eliminar, apagar

Русский (Russian)
вычеркивать, стирать, удалять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - borrar, tachar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utstryka, utplåna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
除去, 擦去, 删去

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 除去, 擦去, 刪去

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 지우다, 말살하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 消し去る, 破壊する, 絶滅させる, 消す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمحو, يحذف, يشطب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מחק‬

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