资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Expunge \Ex*punge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expunged}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Expunging}.] [L. expungere, expunctum, prick out,
   expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to
   prick, puncture. See {Pungent.}]
   1. 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.

   2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as,
      to expugne an offense. --Sandys.

            Expugne the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.
                                                  --Pope.

   Syn: To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy;
        annihilate; cancel.