Expunge and Shape

Expunge

Expunge verb - To destroy all traces of.
Usage example: time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here

Shape is an antonym for expunge.

Nearby Word: expunging

Shape

Shape verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.

Expunge is an antonym for shape.

Nearby Words: shaped, shapeless, shapely, shaping

Common collocations

existence expunge existence shape existence
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