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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ex·punge v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged p. pr. & vb. n. Expunging ]
 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 expunge an offense.
    Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.   --Pope.
 Syn: -- To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 expunging
      n : deletion by an act of expunging or erasing [syn: expunction,
           erasure]