as in erased
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 expunged
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
And even with the outcome of Williams’ hearing last Friday leading to the penalty points being expunged from Sainz’s record, the fact that things got so far in the first place highlights the DSG issues.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Miller completed his probation in March and got his conviction expunged.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
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
And even with the outcome of Williams’ hearing last Friday leading to the penalty points being expunged from Sainz’s record, the fact that things got so far in the first place highlights the DSG issues.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Miller completed his probation in March and got his conviction expunged.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expunged
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The Mariners erased an 8-1 Toronto lead in Game 2 to complete a sweep, celebrating the comeback by locking arms around the pitcher’s mound.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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What’s being erased are actual historical facts.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Sep. 2025
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FellinAI‘s first feature, The Sweet Idleness, imagines a world in which machines have eradicated 99% of jobs, leaving humans to a life of leisure.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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That misconception must be eradicated from our society.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Oct. 2025
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Complicating matters for all the island’s inhabitants, in January 1793 the French revolutionaries, who had abolished the monarchy to create a republic, executed King Louis XVI and then declared war on Great Britain and Spain.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Two years later, the monarchy was abolished, and Nepal, the world’s sole Hindu kingdom, proclaimed itself a secular republic.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Police and army inspect damage to a house destroyed by debris from a shot down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland, on September 10, 2025.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Archaeologists believe the castle was either dismantled due to structural issues or destroyed by enemies.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Expunged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expunged. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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