expunging
/ɪkˈspʌndʒɪŋ/
verb
- 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
- 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.