expunging

/ɪkˈspʌndʒɪŋ/
verb
  1. The act of removing or erasing something completely; present participle of expunge.
    • The committee is expunging all references to the scandal from the report.
    • The artist is expunging the mistakes from the canvas with white paint.
    • She is expunging old emails to free up storage space.
noun
  1. The process or instance of removing something completely.
    • His expunging of the painful memories helped him move on.
    • The expunging of the record took several weeks.
    • The expunging of the data was done to protect privacy.
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