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expunged

expunged is the simple past and past participle of expunge.

Meaning of expunge

Verb

expunge (third-person singular simple present expunges, present participle expunging, simple past and past participle expunged)

  1. (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] […]1893, Congressional Record, page 1991
  2. (transitive) To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
  3. (transitive) To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.

Words formed from expunged

Questions about expunged

What is expunged the simple past and past participle of?
Expunged is the simple past and past participle of expunge.

Words near expunged in the dictionary

  1. expunctuation
  2. expunctuations
  3. expungable
  4. expunge
  5. expungeable
  6. expunged
  7. expungee
  8. expungees
  9. expungement
  10. expungements
  11. expunger

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