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expunge
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin expungere, present active infinitive of expungo, from ex + pungo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ks.?p?nd?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?
Verb
expunge (third-person singular simple present expunges, present participle expunging, simple past and past participle expunged)
- (transitive) To erase or strike out.
- (transitive) To eliminate completely; annihilate.
- (transitive, computing) To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.
Derived terms
Translations
Latin
Verb
expunge
- second-person singular present active imperative of expung?
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destroy
English
Etymology
From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrug?, from Classical Latin d?stru?, from d?- (“un-, de-”) + stru? (“I build”). Displaced native shend (“destroy, injure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??st???/
- Rhymes: -??
- Hyphenation: de?stroy
Verb
destroy (third-person singular simple present destroys, present participle destroying, simple past and past participle destroyed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To damage beyond use or repair.
- (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
- (transitive) To put down or euthanize.
- (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
- 2005, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide
- Other girls in the foster home are eager to destroy her and get her kicked out of the place. It's a tough situation.
- 2005, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide
- (colloquial, transitive, hyperbolic) To defeat soundly.
- (computing, transitive) To remove data.
- (US, colloquial, slang) To sing a song poorly.
- (bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up.
- (slang, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
Synonyms
- annihilate
- break
- demolish
- kill
- ruin
- waste
- See also Thesaurus:destroy
Antonyms
- build
- construct
- create
- make
- raise
- repair
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- stroyed
destroy From the web:
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- what destroys red blood cells
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