as in to erase
to destroy all traces of
time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here
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Recent Examples of expunge
While they will be released from prison, their criminal records will remain intact, unlike a pardon, which expunges a criminal record and restores voting and other rights to the person pardoned.
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Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
The program also includes rehabilitative and reentry training and planning aspects, ostensibly enabling participants to seek related professional work once released or giving them a path to have their records expunged.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
The mother was able to get the case expunged, but the court process left her feeling like a criminal, Wiese said.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 29 Nov. 2024
Then, the Senate expunged the vote to clear the way for another vote on the bill in the future.
—Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
The program also includes rehabilitative and reentry training and planning aspects, ostensibly enabling participants to seek related professional work once released or giving them a path to have their records expunged.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
The mother was able to get the case expunged, but the court process left her feeling like a criminal, Wiese said.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 29 Nov. 2024
Then, the Senate expunged the vote to clear the way for another vote on the bill in the future.
—Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expunge
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Its streets were power washed, graffiti was erased, trash was cleared, and the city’s sizable homeless population was relocated.—
Carson Becker,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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The service comes at a price, according to a release: The relived memories are permanently erased after viewing.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
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States reporting measles cases Measles was declared eradicated in the USA in 2000, but recent sporadic outbreaks have been linked to international travelers and numerous unvaccinated people, based on CDC reports.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA TODAY,
25 Mar. 2025
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This should be child’s play for sophisticated on-device AI to eradicate once and for all.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Even before abolishing the department, the Trump administration blocked student loan forgiveness and repayment plans, slashed department staffing, and wiped the federal watchdog agency tasked with overseeing student loan servicing and collections.—
Sareen Habeshian,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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What is Trump's justification for abolishing the department?—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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Af Klint edited her own notebooks later in life, rewriting or destroying entire passages and exorcising biographical details.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea Thursday as fire crews struggled to contain the country's worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 28 people, forced at least 37,800 to flee their homes and destroyed thousands of structures and vehicles.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Expunge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expunge. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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