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
That pay-for-play, which has taken so many forms over the decades, will be expunged from the system?
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
Newsweek has been unable to verify and confirm if both her federal and state record has been expunged.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
The bill also contains provisions to expunge past convictions for offenses legalized by the measure.
—A.j. Herrington, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
House Bill 1137 this year requires a court to expunge a person’s red flag records if the individual is not found dangerous or if a court has cleared them of no longer being a danger.
—Brittany Carloni, IndyStar, 3 Apr. 2025
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
Newsweek has been unable to verify and confirm if both her federal and state record has been expunged.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
The bill also contains provisions to expunge past convictions for offenses legalized by the measure.
—A.j. Herrington, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
House Bill 1137 this year requires a court to expunge a person’s red flag records if the individual is not found dangerous or if a court has cleared them of no longer being a danger.
—Brittany Carloni, IndyStar, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expunge
Verb
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Nothing Astronomer could have said or done would've erased the incident.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Intel’s stock jumped early in 2025 as optimism built around new leadership, but shares fell over 9% after Thursday’s Q2 earnings and layoff announcement, threatening to erase most yearly gains.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
25 July 2025
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Screwworms were eradicated in the U.S. in the 1960s, but have been know to reemerge occasionally.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 July 2025
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Israel retaliated and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to eradicate Hamas.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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The poem became an anthem for abolishing convict labor in Florida.—
Time,
Time,
17 July 2025
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Those who call for abolishing ICE or halting deportations rarely grapple with what that would actually mean: open borders in all but name.—
Robert W Hood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2025
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In return, he was allowed to effectively destroy a nature site of great conservation value.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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Trump also is destroying the Games’ potential upside.—
Joe Mathews,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
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“Expunge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expunge. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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