"expunging" in the noun sense
1. expunction, expunging, erasure
deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
"expunging" in the verb sense
1. strike, scratch, expunge, excise
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
"Please strike this remark from the record"
"scratch that remark"
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