the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly.
v. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To mark or blot out, as with a pen; rub out; erase, as words; obliterate.
Figuratively, to efface; strike out or wipe out; destroy; annihilate.
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v. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
Word Usage
"If there's one capitalism-red-in-tooth-and-nail aphorism that I'd like to expunge from the English language, it's that ugly, untrue US apeshit about 'nice guys come last'."