Expunge
(verb)
- To delete or remove something permanently, especially from a document or record.
- To erase or strike out something completely.
Origin:
From latin expungere, from ex- "out" + pungere "to prick".
Examples:
- The court ordered the criminal record to be expunged after the individual served their sentence.
- The company expunged the employee's name from the payroll list.
- The government expunged the name of the traitor from the official records.
- The author expunged the chapter from the book before publication.
- The student expunged the mistake from their homework before submitting it.