expunging

  • 71expunge — UK [ɪkˈspʌndʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms expunge : present tense I/you/we/they expunge he/she/it expunges present participle expunging past tense expunged past participle expunged very formal to remove something completely, especially… …

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  • 72expunction — ex•punc•tion [[t]ɪkˈspʌŋk ʃən[/t]] n. the act of expunging or the state of being expunged • Etymology: 1600–10; < LL expūnctiō, completion …

    From formal English to slang

  • 73expunction — /əkˈspʌŋkʃən/ (say uhk spungkshuhn), /ɛk / (say ek ) noun the act of expunging; an erasure. {Latin expunctus, past participle, struck out + ion} …

  • 74expunge — /əkˈspʌndʒ / (say uhk spunj), /ɛk / (say ek ) verb (t) (expunged, expunging) 1. to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate. 2. to efface; wipe out or destroy. {Latin expungere prick out, strike out} –expunger, noun …

  • 75cancel — /kaenssl/ To obliterate; to strike or cross out. To destroy the effect of an instrument by defacing, obliterating, expunging, or erasing it. To revoke or recall; to annul or destroy, make void or invalid, or set aside. To rescind; abandon;… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 76cancel — /kaenssl/ To obliterate; to strike or cross out. To destroy the effect of an instrument by defacing, obliterating, expunging, or erasing it. To revoke or recall; to annul or destroy, make void or invalid, or set aside. To rescind; abandon;… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 77deletion — The obliteration, expunging, or crossing out of words or letters of an instrument, such as a will. 57 Am J1st Wills § 508 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 78striking conterclaim — The expunging of a counterclaim upon motion. 20 Am J2d Countcl § 147 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 79expunction — [ek spunk′shən, ikspunk′shən] n. [LL expunctio < L expunctus] an expunging or being expunged …

    English World dictionary

  • 80expunge — [ek spunj′, ikspunj′] vt. expunged, expunging [L expungere (pp. expunctus), to mark (with points) for omission, erase < ex , out + pungere, to prick: see POINT] to erase or remove completely; blot out or strike out; delete; cancel SYN. ERASE …

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