expunge
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ex·punge /ɪkˈspʌndʒ/ verb [transitiveT] formal 1. REMOVEto remove a name from a list, piece of information, or book 删去,勾销 2 FORGETto make someone forget something unpleasant 使淡忘expunge something from something I wanted to expunge the memory of that first race from my mind. 我想把首次赛跑的记忆抹去。
expunge something from something• Howard tried to expunge the whole episode from his memory. Origin expunge (1600-1700) Latin expungere “to mark something with small holes to show that it is to be removed”, from pungere “to make a small hole”