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Delete vs Expurge - What's the difference?

delete | expurge |

As verbs the difference between delete and expurge

is that delete is to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer while expurge is to purge away.

As a noun delete

is an alternative spelling of Delete|lang=en.

delete

English

(Deletion)

Noun

(-)
    • I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete .
  • A remainder of a music or video release.

    • Verb

    (delet)
  • To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.
  • (computer) To hide, conceal

    • Synonyms

    * (to get rid of) erase, strike, terminate, cease existence, remove, rub out, strike out, obliterate, cancel, cross out, score, scrub, scrap, scratch, expunge, eliminate, blue-pencil, exclude, squelch

    Antonyms

    * (to get rid of) insert, maintain

    Related terms

    * deleterious * deletion * delible

    expurge

    English

    Verb

    (expurg)
  • (obsolete) To purge away.
    • (Milton)
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