- (v.t.) To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines or sentences.
- (v.t.) To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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