expunction, expunging, erasure
(noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
expunging
present participle of expunge
expunging (plural expungings)
The act by which something is expunged; a deletion.
• expugning
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*punge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged();p. pr. & vb. n. Expunging().] Etym: [L. expungere, expunctum, prick out, expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to prick, puncture. See Pungent.]
1. To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences.
2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense. Sandys. Expugne the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts. Pope.
Syn.
– To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 September 2024
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