All expunge synonyms

verb expunge

• wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
• obliterate — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
• purge — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
• erase — delete
• delete — If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
• rub out — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
• remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• censor — If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
• destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
• abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
• annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
• eradicate — Destroy completely; put an end to.
• omit — to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
• annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
• black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
• cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
• discard — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• efface — to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
• exclude — Deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege.
• gut — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
• kayo — a knockout in boxing.
• kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
• launder — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
• raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
• scrub — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
• trim — to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
• zap — to kill or shoot.
• ko — a knockout in boxing.
• x out — to cross out or mark with or as if with an x (often followed by out): to x out an error.
• black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
• blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
• blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
• call off — If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
• knock off — an act or instance of knocking.
• strike out — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
• take out — the act of taking.