as in to erase
to destroy all traces of
time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here
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Recent Examples of expunge
Just as the geographical Palestinian homeland must be seized by Zionist forces, all resistance quelled and all Indigenous Palestinians ultimately expelled and silenced forever, so too must any and all electronic trace of support for Palestinian freedom be expunged from the database.
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Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
He was convicted and given probation — prosecutors asked for a nine-year prison term — and eventually got the conviction expunged, according to Rosen and court records.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Made of bamboo and a four-claw steelhead design, this stand-up tool expertly expunges weeds by the root and completely eliminates the need to bend, pull, or kneel.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
The Fresh Start Act of 2022 proposed expunging certain nonviolent federal offenses, while the Weldon Angelos Act sought expungement for pardoned convictions.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
He was convicted and given probation — prosecutors asked for a nine-year prison term — and eventually got the conviction expunged, according to Rosen and court records.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Made of bamboo and a four-claw steelhead design, this stand-up tool expertly expunges weeds by the root and completely eliminates the need to bend, pull, or kneel.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
The Fresh Start Act of 2022 proposed expunging certain nonviolent federal offenses, while the Weldon Angelos Act sought expungement for pardoned convictions.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expunge
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The drop in SoftBank shares has erased nearly $50 billion in market cap over two days.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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According to Jaworowski, the technology just doesn’t exist yet to eradicate the need for power generation that can supply energy 24 hours a day.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
4 Nov. 2025
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But those remakes are about hive-mind monsters infecting and possessing humans, who valiantly resist but fail to eradicate the threat.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Now abolish property taxes for us that live here.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, individual states can’t decide to abolish the practice without Congressional approval.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Nov. 2025
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Just under two million Palestinians—virtually the entire population of Gaza—have been displaced since October 2023, many repeatedly, and Israeli forces have damaged or destroyed more than 90 percent of homes in the Strip.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Teddy is a conspiracy theorist who believes Michelle is an alien hellbent on destroying Earth.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Expunge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expunge. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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