Erases, removes, or destroys something completely, especially records or unwanted information.
Third person singular present tense of 'expunge'. The word 'expunge' itself comes from Latin 'expungere' (ex- 'out' + pungere 'to prick').
In modern legal writing, you'll see 'expunges' frequently in statutes describing how courts remove criminal records—it's a word that changed meaning when it moved from literal 'scratching out' in manuscripts to metaphorical removal of official information.
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