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

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

Have you been arrested, charged or convicted of a crime, had an adjudication withheld or had a matter sealed or expunged? — Stephen V. Iacullo, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026

These charges were so baseless that the Cook County State’s Attorney declined to prosecute me and expunged my name and the charge from the record. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

Forty-five people were expunged with their criminal records because of the Soul Kitchen. — Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026

Most distressingly to protesters, there is no way to request the DNA samples’ destruction, and the process to get DNA profiles expunged from the database comes with extra costs and could take as long as five years. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2026

The district attorney’s office dismissed Bennett’s charge, Dougherty said, and records related to her case were expunged per Colorado law – including the original police report. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026

There is a process for requesting to have your DNA expunged from CODIS, according to the FBI, but Glaberson, coauthor of the report, said very few people appear to have successfully done so, meaning their DNA will likely remain there in perpetuity. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026

In September, roughly a month after Kansas City received the federal subpoena for records related to Washington, the nonprofit leader filed petitions in both state and federal courts to have his criminal records expunged. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026