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expunge

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Synonyms & Antonyms of expunge

to destroy all traces of

time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here

Synonyms for expunge

abolish,
annihilate,
black out,
blot out,
cancel,
clean (up),
efface,
eradicate,
erase,
exterminate,
extirpate,
liquidate,
obliterate,
root (out),
rub out,
snuff (out),
stamp (out),
sweep (away),
wipe out

Words Related to expunge

decimate,
demolish,
destroy,
devastate,
ravage

dismantle,
flatten,
mow (down),
raze,
tear down

ruin,
total,
waste,
wreck

blast,
blow up,
dash,
dynamite,
smash

atomize,
consume,
devour,
dissolve,
fragment,
powder,
pulverize,
shatter,
splinter

doom,
finish,
kill,
kill off,
terminate,
zap

cut,
discard,
ditch,
eject,
excise,
expel,
jettison,
oust,
throw out

Near Antonyms for expunge

conserve,
preserve,
protect,
save

build,
construct,
create,
fabricate,
fashion,
forge,
form,
frame,
make,
manufacture,
shape

fix,
mend,
patch,
rebuild,
recondition,
reconstruct,
renew,
renovate,
repair,
restore,
revamp

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