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

The appeals court ruled that removing the remaining findings would leave little coherent substance and ordered the entire report expunged from court records. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

But records for the case — as well as Nick’s home address, cell phone number, and place of work — remained publicly available on the Duval courts website for more than a year after the judge ordered the records expunged. — Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

Have you been arrested, charged or convicted of a crime, had an adjudication withheld, or had a matter sealed or expunged? — José Javier Rodríguez, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 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

York had already filed a request to have the charges expunged Monday. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

In the early 20th century, a massive national mosquito-eradication effort, which led to the CDC’s creation, ultimately expunged the disease from the country. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026

Rignol also wants his F reversed and his disciplinary records expunged. — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

There is no longer any public trace of Helton’s criminal case in the Ohio county court system; certain nonviolent cases are allowed to be sealed or expunged after a set amount of time has passed. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026