expunge
expunge is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense.
- verb. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
"Please strike this remark from the record"
"scratch that remark"
Synonyms
Common word forms
expunged, expunger, expunges, expunging, expungeable, expungement
Words from these letters
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