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pungere
Latin · ancient
"to prick, to pierce"
to prick, to pierce, combined with ex- (out)
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Stage 2 of 3
expungere
Latin · ancient
"to prick out, to mark for deletion"
to prick out, to mark for deletion with dots, from ex- and pungere
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Stage 3 of 3
expunge
English · 1600s
"to completely erase or remove something"
settled as the English word for completely erasing or removing something
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