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expunging

/ɪkˈspʌn.dʒɪŋ/

Traducción: Sustantivo que denota la acción de borrar, eliminar o suprimir por completo algo, a menudo de un registro o documento., Verbo que denota la acción de borrar, eliminar o destruir completamente algo, a menudo de un registro, documento o memoria.

2 entradas

noun

C2formalcommon/ɪkˈspʌn.dʒɪŋ/

incontable

A noun referring to the act of erasing, deleting, or removing something completely, often from a record or document.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo que denota la acción de borrar, eliminar o suprimir por completo algo, a menudo de un registro o documento.
  1. Deletion or Erasure C1 formal

    The act of completely removing or erasing something, such as text, a record, or a memory.

    • The expunging of the criminal record allowed him to start anew.
    • The editor oversaw the expunging of all sensitive information from the document.
    • The expunging of certain historical facts from the textbook caused controversy.

    🇪🇸Eliminación o borrado

    Sinónimos: cancellationeffacementeliminationerasureobliterationremoval

    Antónimos: additioninclusioninsertion

verb

C1formalcommon/ɪkˈspʌndʒ/

A verb used to indicate the act of erasing, removing, or deleting something completely, often from a record or memory.

  • 🇪🇸Verbo que denota la acción de borrar, eliminar o destruir completamente algo, a menudo de un registro, documento o memoria.
  1. Erase or remove completely C1 formal

    To remove or delete something completely, especially from a record or memory.

    • The court ordered to expunge the criminal record after five years.
    • She tried to expunge the painful memories from her mind.
    • The editor decided to expunge the controversial paragraph from the article.

    🇪🇸borrar o eliminar por completo

    Sinónimos: annihilatecanceldeletedestroyeffaceeraseobliterateremovestrike out

    Antónimos: addincludeinsertrecordretain

  2. Destroy or obliterate C2 formal

    To eliminate something entirely, leaving no trace.

    • The dictator attempted to expunge all opposition from history.
    • Time cannot expunge the love we shared.
    • The fire expunged all evidence of the crime.

    🇪🇸Borrar u obliterar

    Sinónimos: annihilateblot outdeleteeradicateeraseextirpateobliteratewipe out

    Antónimos: createestablishkeepmaintainpreserverestoreretain

  • expunged past participle
  • expunged past simple
  • expunging present participle
  • expunges third person singular