Synonyms of expunged

expunged

verb

past tense of expunge

as in erased

to destroy all traces of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erased
• eradicated
• abolished
• destroyed
• obliterated
• exterminated
• annihilated
• swept (away)
• effaced
• wiped out
• liquidated
• canceled
• extirpated
• shattered
• demolished
• stamped (out)
• cleaned (up)
• blotted out
• rooted (out)
• dismantled
• ruined
• discarded
• killed
• blacked out
• ravaged
• decimated
• snuffed (out)
• consumed
• flattened
• rubbed out
• dissolved
• wrecked
• devastated
• razed
• wasted
• smashed
• expelled
• ejected
• excised
• finished
• totaled
• pulverized
• powdered
• devoured
• terminated
• fragmented
• doomed
• dashed
• splintered
• atomized
• blasted
• tore down
• mowed (down)
• ousted
• jettisoned
• blew up
• dynamited
• zapped
• killed off
• cut
• threw out
• ditched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preserved
• protected
• saved
• created
• built
• made
• constructed
• formed
• manufactured
• shaped
• forged
• fabricated
• conserved
• framed
• restored
• fashioned
• renewed
• repaired
• fixed
• reconstructed
• rebuilt
• renovated
• revamped
• patched
• reconditioned
• mended

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of expunged

Filling the room were people from organizations who helped those who came out of the criminal justice system, as counselors or lawyers who worked to get criminal records expunged, along with the beneficiaries of those efforts. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

In this fast-moving case, the appellate court that ordered the grand jury report to be expunged subsequently refused the party’s desperate plea for a prior restraint gag order. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal earlier this month ordered a grand jury report related to Hope Florida expunged. — Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

The legal position of the Hope Florida grand jury report, already widely reported but also expunged by an appellate court, grew murkier Tuesday amid a multi-pronged effort to prohibit any publication of the document. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Despite the reforms that resulted from the Shield Club and the Women’s Law Fund cases, Gayle was still put through a series of tests, during which she could still be expunged. — Wilbert L. Cooper, Longreads, 25 Aug. 2026