From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Expunge \Ex*punge"\ ([e^]ks*p[u^]nj"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Expunged} ([e^]ks*p[u^]njd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Expunging} ([e^]ks*p[u^]n"j[i^]ng).] [L. expungere, expunctum, prick out, expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to prick, puncture. See {Pungent.}]
1. 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.
2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expunge an offense. --Sandys.
Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts. --Pope.
Syn: To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "expunged": SOL, all bets off, all off, all over, all up, at an end, canceled, complete, concluded, dead, decided, defunct, deleted, done, done for, done with, ended, extinct, fini, finished, kaput, over, perfected, set at rest, settled, shot, terminated, through, through with, washed up, wiped out, wound up, zapped
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