expunging

• Nom désignant l'action d'effacer complètement, de supprimer ou de retirer quelque chose, souvent d'un registre ou d'un document.

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

indénombrable

1. Deletion or ErasureC1formal

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

   Expurgation ou effacement

   • 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.

   Synonymescancellationeffacementeliminationerasureobliterationremoval

   Antonymesadditioninclusioninsertion

• Effacer, supprimer ou faire disparaître complètement quelque chose, souvent d'un document, d'un dossier ou de la mémoire.

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

1. Erase or remove completelyC1formal

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

   Effacer complètement

   • 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.

   Synonymesannihilatecanceldeletedestroyeffaceeraseobliterateremovestrike out

   Antonymesaddincludeinsertrecordretain

2. Destroy or obliterateC2formal

   To eliminate something entirely, leaving no trace.

   Effacer complètement

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

   Synonymesannihilateblot outdeleteeradicateeraseextirpateobliteratewipe out

   Antonymescreateestablishkeepmaintainpreserverestoreretain