English verb: expunge | |||
| 1. | expunge (contact) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | ||
| Samples | Please strike this remark from the record. Scratch that remark. | ||
| Synonyms | excise, scratch, strike | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cancel, delete | ||