Verb
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.
To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere's a therapeutic aspect to all making, but the nature of working is to compress, condense, and shape stuff, not to just expunge it. It's not just an exorcism. Art Spiegelman
There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory. Marcel Proust
The problem we have in America is the systematic erosion of our religious values in an attempt by certain liberal groups to expunge our Christian heritage from the public square. Pat Robertson
To try to expunge an individual's history is a terrible violation. Helen Dunmore
I do not think the gay population has been all that rabid for gay marriage. Note that I do not use the words 'gay community.' Expunge that expression from your vocabulary. We are not a community. Larry Kramer
Psychological autopsies are also necessary to identify errors or oversights and expunge guilt. Antonella Gambotto-Burke