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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Expunge

/(ĕks*pŭnj")/ · Ex·punge · IPA /ɪkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/
01 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.
imp. & p. p. Expunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Expunging
  1. 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. 2.
    To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expunge an offense.
    Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.” Pope.