English-Thai Dictionary

expunge

VT ลบ ออก  กำจัด ออก  delete efface erase lob-ook

 

expunge from

PHRV ลบล้าง (สิ่ง ผิด  ออกจาก  ลบ ออกจาก  lob-lang-ook-jak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPUNGE

v.t.expunj'. [L. expungo; ex and pungo, to thrust, to prick. ] 1. To blot out, as with a pen; to rub out; to efface, as words; to obliterate. We expunge single words or whole lines or sentences.
2. To efface; to strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expunge an offense.
Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts.

 

EXPUNGED

pp. Blotted out; obliterated; destroyed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXPUNGE

Ex *punge ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged ();p. pr. & vb. n.Expunging ().] Etym: [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 expugne an offense. Sandys. Expugne the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts. Pope.

 

Syn. -- To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

expunge

ex punge |ikˈspənj ɪkˈspənʤ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] erase or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant ): I ’ve kind of expunged that period from my CV. DERIVATIVES ex punc tion |ikˈspəNG (k )SHən |noun, ex punge ment noun, ex pung er noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin expungere ‘mark for deletion by means of points, ’ from ex- ‘out ’ + pungere ‘to prick. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

expunge

expunge |ɪkˈspʌn (d )ʒ, ɛk- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant ): the kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory. DERIVATIVES expunction |ɪkˈspʌŋ (k )ʃ (ə )n, ɛk- |noun, expungement noun, expunger noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin expungere ‘mark for deletion by means of points ’, from ex- ‘out ’ + pungere ‘to prick ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

expunge

expunge verb a moment that cannot be expunged from his memory: erase, remove, delete, rub out, wipe out, efface; cross out, strike out, blot out, destroy, obliterate, scratch, eradicate, eliminate, deep-six.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

expunge

expunge verb that moment can never be expunged from his memory: erase, remove, delete, rub out, wipe out, efface; cross out, strike out, blot out, blank out; cancel, annul, destroy, obliterate, eradicate, extinguish, eliminate, abolish, annihilate, extirpate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

expunge

ex punge /ɪkspʌ́n (d )ʒ /動詞 他動詞 «…から » …を消す, 除去 [削除, 消去, 抹消 ]する «from » ▸ expunge Tom's name from the list 名簿からトムの名を削除する