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Meanings of expunging in English

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esborrament

Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing.

esborrament
Usage of expunging in English
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But the thought of his own expunging from the picture was very bitter.
The Trespasser
2
One cuts a supposed knot by expunging what another would explain by omitting something else.
The Odyssey
3
The moment she said it she was ashamed and drew an expunging hand across her lips.
The Judge
4
Sharkey is seeking back pay and bonuses and an expunging of the firing from her record.
Reuters
5
He loves to take a tale and re-write it for the press by carefully expunging the facts.
Remarks
6
Sharkey seeks back pay and bonuses, an expunging of the firing from her record, and other remedies.
Reuters
7
Divorce effected by expunging name of wife.
The new yorker
8
In the meantime, expunging all his vim and vigour would make for a poorer spectacle all round.
The Guardian
9
ISPs are bent on preventing abuse - reported by victims - by expunging the accounts of spammers.
Financial Crime and Corruption
10
Such expunging of one's self was not possible in Portsmouth; but I never think of McDonough without recalling Wakefield.
An Old Town By the Sea
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Khan has already ingratiated himself with Fulham fans by expunging the gaudy statue of Michael Jackson outside Craven Cottage.
The Guardian
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The question of expunging this resolution has been carried to the people, and their decision has been had upon it.
American Eloquence, Volume 1 / Studies In American Political His...
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It all needed expunging.
Forge of Darkness
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This expunging resolution was kept before the Senate for nearly three years, and was then passed by only five majority.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
15
Fantasies of attacking the three service vertebrates and expunging them ran through her tactical brain, but she managed to restrain herself.
Mech
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She added that the state is working on one-page form that will simplify the process of expunging files from the DNA database.
Wired
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