expunge
UK/ik'spʌndʒ/US
GREC2
Definitions
v.
To remove or erase something completely, especially from a record.
删除，抹去，消除（尤指从记录中）。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedex- (out) + punge (from pungere, to prick) = "to prick out." Scribes deleted a word by pricking dots beneath or through it, marking it for removal. To expunge is to prick something out of a record so thoroughly that no trace remains — most often a legal record being formally erased.
Root punct still carries 12 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.expunge a record删除记录
- 2.expunge a conviction撤销定罪
- 3.expunge from history从历史中抹去
- 4.expunge all trace抹去一切痕迹
Example Sentences
- 1.
The court agreed to expunge the conviction from his record.
- 2.
She tried to expunge the painful memory from her mind.
- 3.
All references to the incident were expunged from the report.