as in erases
to destroy all traces of
time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here
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Recent Examples of expunges
Made of bamboo and a four-claw steelhead design, this stand-up tool expertly expunges weeds by the root and completely eliminates the need to bend, pull, or kneel.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
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Commutation only reduces the punishment for a crime, whereas a full pardon erases a conviction.—
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Take the quiz here … ‘STOP THAT’ – Comedian calls out 'anti-Christian feel' after mall erases Christmas from tree-lighting.—
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Bonacini wants gold — a sterilizing cure that eradicates every trace of the virus and cannot return.—
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Instead, this measure abolishes them.—
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The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.—
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Accordingly, the treatments misprescribed can be ineffective at best and harmful at worst, all while the parasite further destroys the cornea.—
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The bill also establishes a Class A misdemeanor if someone, without authorization of the patients, alters, forges, conceals or destroys a request for medication or rescission of a request for medication to affect a health care decision.—
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“Expunges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expunges. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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