Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to expunge
Participle: expunged
Gerund: expunging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | expunge |
| you | expunge |
| he;she;it | expunges |
| we | expunge |
| you | expunge |
| they | expunge |
Perfect
| I | have expunged |
| you | have expunged |
| he;she;it | has expunged |
| we | have expunged |
| you | have expunged |
| they | have expunged |
Past
| I | expunged |
| you | expunged |
| he;she;it | expunged |
| we | expunged |
| you | expunged |
| they | expunged |
Pluperfect
| I | had expunged |
| you | had expunged |
| he;she;it | had expunged |
| we | had expunged |
| you | had expunged |
| they | had expunged |
Future
| I | will expunge |
| you | will expunge |
| he;she;it | will expunge |
| we | will expunge |
| you | will expunge |
| they | will expunge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have expunged |
| you | will have expunged |
| he;she;it | will have expunged |
| we | will have expunged |
| you | will have expunged |
| they | will have expunged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | expunge |
| you | expunge |
| he;she;it | expunge |
| we | expunge |
| you | expunge |
| they | expunge |
Perfect
| I | have expunged |
| you | have expunged |
| he;she;it | have expunged |
| we | have expunged |
| you | have expunged |
| they | have expunged |
Imperfect
| I | expunged |
| you | expunged |
| he;she;it | expunged |
| we | expunged |
| you | expunged |
| they | expunged |
Pluperfect
| I | had expunged |
| you | had expunged |
| he;she;it | had expunged |
| we | had expunged |
| you | had expunged |
| they | had expunged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would expunge |
| you | would expunge |
| he;she;it | would expunge |
| we | would expunge |
| you | would expunge |
| they | would expunge |
Perfect
| I | would have expunged |
| you | would have expunged |
| he;she;it | would have expunged |
| we | would have expunged |
| you | would have expunged |
| they | would have expunged |
Imperative
| you | expunge |
| we | Let's expunge |
| you | expunge |
Verbs conjugated like 'expunge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'expunge'
expurge,
emplunge,
emunge,
expanse,
expense,
expone,
expugn,
expulse,
spunge,
blunge,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material
- blue-pencil, cancel, clear, cross out, eliminate, erase, exclude, obliterate, remove, rub out, score, scrap, scratch, scrub, squelch, strike, strike out, terminate, delete
- delete
- efface, cancel, eradicate, erase, obliterate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1602, from L. expungere "mark (a name on a list) for deletion" by pricking dots above or below it, lit. "prick out," from ex- "out" + pungere "to prick, stab."
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
4. Proto-Indo-European *-s
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
6. Proto-Italic *eks
7. Latin ex
8. Latin ex-
9. Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der.
10. Proto-Italic *pungō
11. Latin pungō
12. Latin expungerelbor.
13. English expunge
14. Learned borrowing from Latin expungere.
Sample Sentences
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The gentleman from Texas [Mr. CRAIN] asks unanimous consent to expunge from the RECORD and from the Journal the motion to excuse the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. ALLEN] […] [1893, Congressional Record, page 1991:]