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Word: Expunge
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 17th century: from Latin expungere ‘mark for deletion by means of points’, from ex- ‘out’ + pungere ‘to prick’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪkˈspʌn(d)ʒ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛkˈspʌn(d)ʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant)
Short Definition:obliterate or remove completely
Examples:- the kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory
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