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   Ex·punge

   /ikˈspənj/

   

   verb

   • 1. erase or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant): "I’ve kind of expunged that period from my CV"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin expungere ‘mark for deletion by means of points’, from ex- ‘out’ + pungere ‘to prick’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. expunction noun
   • 2. expungement noun
   • 3. expunger noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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     1

   • X

     8

   • P

     3

   • U

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   • N

     1

   • G

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   • E

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