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expunge

verbCommon GRE wordMore E words

to erase or remove completely

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In a sentence

Expunge in a sentence

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The court agreed to expunge the minor offense from his record.

Synonyms
Antonyms
retainpreserverecord

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The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Expunge (verb) means to erase or remove completely
Here is expunge used in an example sentence: "The court agreed to expunge the minor offense from his record."
Common synonyms for expunge include delete, obliterate, efface.
Antonyms of expunge include retain, preserve, record.
Expunge is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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